diff --git a/dependencies.txt b/dependencies.txt
index 17962b78d6..8027b980a3 100644
--- a/dependencies.txt
+++ b/dependencies.txt
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ org.apache.httpcomponents:httpclient,httpcomponents.httpclient=4.5.14
 org.apache.httpcomponents:httpcore,httpcomponents.httpcore=4.4.16
 org.apache.httpcomponents.client5:httpclient5,apache-httpclient-5=5.5.1
 org.apache.httpcomponents.core5:httpcore5,apache-httpcore-5=5.3.6
+org.json:json,json=20251224
 io.perfmark:perfmark-api,perfmark-api=0.27.0
 # Note: This is the google opentelemetry exporter and not the general opentelemetry project
 com.google.cloud.opentelemetry:exporter-metrics,google.cloud.opentelemetry=0.36.0
diff --git a/java-shared-dependencies/third-party-dependencies/pom.xml b/java-shared-dependencies/third-party-dependencies/pom.xml
index e34a16b006..1c44d6f25a 100644
--- a/java-shared-dependencies/third-party-dependencies/pom.xml
+++ b/java-shared-dependencies/third-party-dependencies/pom.xml
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@
     <dev.cel.version>0.6.0</dev.cel.version>
     <com.google.crypto.tink.version>1.16.0</com.google.crypto.tink.version>
     <io.opentelemetry.contrib.opentelemetry-gcp-resources.version>1.45.0-alpha</io.opentelemetry.contrib.opentelemetry-gcp-resources.version>
+    <json.version>20250517</json.version>
   </properties>
 
   <dependencyManagement>
@@ -239,6 +240,11 @@
         <artifactId>detector-resources-support</artifactId>
         <version>${google.cloud.opentelemetry.version}</version>
       </dependency>
+      <dependency>
+        <groupId>org.json</groupId>
+        <artifactId>json</artifactId>
+        <version>${json.version}</version>
+      </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.junit</groupId>
         <artifactId>junit-bom</artifactId>