diff --git a/examples/pom.xml b/examples/pom.xml
index 7eab0eab..26f7f9f2 100644
--- a/examples/pom.xml
+++ b/examples/pom.xml
@@ -49,6 +49,13 @@ under the License.
flink-connector-files
${flink.version}
+
+
+ org.apache.flink
+ flink-json
+ ${flink.version}
+ provided
+