diff --git a/ddd/pom.xml b/ddd/pom.xml
index c249007ba4..24410e9751 100644
--- a/ddd/pom.xml
+++ b/ddd/pom.xml
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.junit.platform</groupId>
             <artifactId>junit-platform-launcher</artifactId>
+            <version>${junit-platform.version}</version>            
             <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
@@ -83,6 +84,7 @@
 
     <properties>
         <joda-money.version>1.0.1</joda-money.version>
+        <spring-boot.version>2.0.6.RELEASE</spring-boot.version>        
     </properties>
 	
 </project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/metrics/pom.xml b/metrics/pom.xml
index d193745620..49adb088d8 100644
--- a/metrics/pom.xml
+++ b/metrics/pom.xml
@@ -63,6 +63,17 @@
             <version>${spring-boot-starter-web.version}</version>
         </dependency>
 
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.core</groupId>
+            <artifactId>jackson-databind</artifactId>
+            <version>${fasterxml.jackson.version}</version>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.dataformat</groupId>
+            <artifactId>jackson-dataformat-smile</artifactId>
+            <version>${fasterxml.jackson.version}</version>
+        </dependency>
+        
         <dependency>
             <groupId>io.astefanutti.metrics.aspectj</groupId>
             <artifactId>metrics-aspectj-deps</artifactId>
@@ -83,6 +94,7 @@
         <dep.ver.servlet>3.1.0</dep.ver.servlet>
         <netflix.servo.ver>0.12.17</netflix.servo.ver>
         <micrometer.ver>0.12.0.RELEASE</micrometer.ver>
+        <fasterxml.jackson.version>2.9.1</fasterxml.jackson.version>
 		<spring-boot-starter-web.version>2.0.7.RELEASE</spring-boot-starter-web.version>
 		<assertj-core.version>3.11.1</assertj-core.version>
         <metrics-aspectj.version>1.1.0</metrics-aspectj.version>