diff --git a/graphql-cli/build.gradle b/graphql-cli/build.gradle
index 5dcdc3ec..f6c7a567 100644
--- a/graphql-cli/build.gradle
+++ b/graphql-cli/build.gradle
@@ -50,8 +50,10 @@ dependencies {
     implementation "commons-logging:commons-logging:${commonsLoggingVersion}"
     implementation "org.yaml:snakeyaml:${snakeYamlVersion}"
     implementation "com.graphql-java:graphql-java:${graphqlJavaVersion}"
+    implementation "org.json:json:${orgJsonVersion}"
     dist "com.graphql-java:graphql-java:${graphqlJavaVersion}"
     dist "io.ballerina.stdlib:graphql-commons:${stdlibGraphqlVersion}"
+    dist "org.json:json:${orgJsonVersion}"
 
     balTools ("org.ballerinalang:jballerina-tools:${ballerinaLangVersion}") {
         transitive = false
diff --git a/graphql-cli/src/main/java/module-info.java b/graphql-cli/src/main/java/module-info.java
index 474349e2..8d6efbd8 100644
--- a/graphql-cli/src/main/java/module-info.java
+++ b/graphql-cli/src/main/java/module-info.java
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
     requires org.yaml.snakeyaml;
     requires io.ballerina.cli;
     requires info.picocli;
+    requires org.json;
     requires java.net.http;
     requires io.ballerina.parser;
     requires com.graphqljava;