diff --git a/geode-wan/build.gradle b/geode-wan/build.gradle
index 4e500ddcac4..d89726622b7 100644
--- a/geode-wan/build.gradle
+++ b/geode-wan/build.gradle
@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@ dependencies {
   distributedTestImplementation(project(':geode-dunit'))
   distributedTestImplementation(project(':geode-junit'))
 
+  distributedTestCompileOnly('javax.xml.bind:jaxb-api')
   distributedTestImplementation('mx4j:mx4j')
   distributedTestImplementation('org.awaitility:awaitility')
   distributedTestImplementation('junit:junit')