diff --git a/core/pom.xml b/core/pom.xml
index d6945089389aaf457cc04f15469e3777695e4450..8621d257e5b118d9b30b9b4e14ac6dcc0c4d16e9 100644
--- a/core/pom.xml
+++ b/core/pom.xml
@@ -48,6 +48,10 @@
       <groupId>org.apache.avro</groupId>
       <artifactId>avro-ipc</artifactId>
     </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.apache.zookeeper</groupId>
+      <artifactId>zookeeper</artifactId>
+    </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.eclipse.jetty</groupId>
       <artifactId>jetty-server</artifactId>