diff --git a/serialization-jackson/src/main/scala/org/apache/pekko/serialization/jackson/JacksonObjectMapperProvider.scala b/serialization-jackson/src/main/scala/org/apache/pekko/serialization/jackson/JacksonObjectMapperProvider.scala
index 2fd57bacb62..756ea2ce393 100644
--- a/serialization-jackson/src/main/scala/org/apache/pekko/serialization/jackson/JacksonObjectMapperProvider.scala
+++ b/serialization-jackson/src/main/scala/org/apache/pekko/serialization/jackson/JacksonObjectMapperProvider.scala
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.{
   ObjectMapper,
   SerializationFeature
 }
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.json.JsonMapper
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.module.paramnames.ParameterNamesModule
 import com.typesafe.config.Config
 import org.apache.pekko