diff --git a/google-cloud-examples/pom.xml b/google-cloud-examples/pom.xml
index 021a576b023c..f11aaf5b3280 100644
--- a/google-cloud-examples/pom.xml
+++ b/google-cloud-examples/pom.xml
@@ -38,6 +38,11 @@
       <version>4.12</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+    	<groupId>com.google.guava</groupId>
+    	<artifactId>guava</artifactId>
+    	<version>19.0</version>
+    </dependency>
   </dependencies>
   <build>
     <plugins>