diff --git a/ksqldb-rocksdb-config-setter/pom.xml b/ksqldb-rocksdb-config-setter/pom.xml
index 3a609a09e96e..c9f4a5cfd329 100644
--- a/ksqldb-rocksdb-config-setter/pom.xml
+++ b/ksqldb-rocksdb-config-setter/pom.xml
@@ -35,6 +35,12 @@
             <artifactId>kafka-streams</artifactId>
         </dependency>
 
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.rocksdb</groupId>
+            <artifactId>rocksdbjni</artifactId>
+            <version>5.18.4</version>
+        </dependency>
+
         <dependency>
             <groupId>junit</groupId>
             <artifactId>junit</artifactId>