diff --git a/extensions/gson/pom.xml b/extensions/gson/pom.xml
index 18bae59a..2e0e09b3 100644
--- a/extensions/gson/pom.xml
+++ b/extensions/gson/pom.xml
@@ -41,7 +41,6 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>com.google.code.gson</groupId>
             <artifactId>gson</artifactId>
-	    <version>2.8.5</version>
         </dependency>
     </dependencies>
 
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index a8a18fa6..e72bcb6e 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@
         <pluginRepository>
             <snapshots>
                 <enabled>false</enabled>
-            </snapshots>
+           </snapshots>
             <id>bintray-jwtk-coveralls-maven-plugin</id>
             <name>bintray-plugins</name>
             <url>https://dl.bintray.com/jwtk/coveralls-maven-plugin</url>
@@ -90,6 +90,7 @@
 
         <jackson.version>2.9.9.1</jackson.version>
         <orgjson.version>20180130</orgjson.version>
+	<gson.version>2.8.5</gson.version>
 
         <!-- Optional Runtime Dependencies: -->
         <bouncycastle.version>1.60</bouncycastle.version>
@@ -131,6 +132,11 @@
                 <artifactId>jjwt-orgjson</artifactId>
                 <version>${project.version}</version>
             </dependency>
+	    <dependency>
+                <groupId>io.jsonwebtoken</groupId>
+                <artifactId>jjwt-gson</artifactId>
+                <version>${project.version}</version>
+            </dependency>
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.core</groupId>
                 <artifactId>jackson-databind</artifactId>
@@ -141,6 +147,11 @@
                 <artifactId>json</artifactId>
                 <version>${orgjson.version}</version>
             </dependency>
+	    <dependency>
+                <groupId>com.google.code.gson</groupId>
+                <artifactId>gson</artifactId>
+                <version>${gson.version}</version>
+            </dependency>
 
             <!-- Used only during testing for PS256, PS384 and PS512 since JDK <= 10 doesn't support them: -->
             <dependency>