diff --git a/assembly/broker/descriptors/kapua-broker.xml b/assembly/broker/descriptors/kapua-broker.xml
index 4a06a54a2af..1519ed86a3d 100644
--- a/assembly/broker/descriptors/kapua-broker.xml
+++ b/assembly/broker/descriptors/kapua-broker.xml
@@ -213,6 +213,7 @@
                 <include>org.bitbucket.b_c:jose4j</include>
                 <include>org.checkerframework:checker-qual</include>
                 <include>org.eclipse.paho:org.eclipse.paho.client.mqttv3</include>
+                <include>org.eclipse.persistence:org.eclipse.persistence.asm</include>
                 <include>org.eclipse.persistence:org.eclipse.persistence.jpa</include>
                 <include>org.eclipse.persistence:org.eclipse.persistence.jpa.jpql</include>
                 <include>org.eclipse.persistence:org.eclipse.persistence.core</include>
diff --git a/assembly/broker/pom.xml b/assembly/broker/pom.xml
index b8526c5ceb2..8c323eaca70 100644
--- a/assembly/broker/pom.xml
+++ b/assembly/broker/pom.xml
@@ -319,6 +319,10 @@
             <groupId>org.eclipse.persistence</groupId>
             <artifactId>javax.persistence</artifactId>
         </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.eclipse.persistence</groupId>
+            <artifactId>org.eclipse.persistence.asm</artifactId>
+        </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.eclipse.persistence</groupId>
             <artifactId>org.eclipse.persistence.jpa</artifactId>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 45b1d543a7c..84c7f15b847 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -1469,6 +1469,11 @@
                 <artifactId>javax.persistence</artifactId>
                 <version>${javax-persistence.version}</version>
             </dependency>
+            <dependency>
+                <groupId>org.eclipse.persistence</groupId>
+                <artifactId>org.eclipse.persistence.asm</artifactId>
+                <version>9.4.0</version>
+            </dependency>
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>org.eclipse.persistence</groupId>
                 <artifactId>org.eclipse.persistence.moxy</artifactId>