diff --git a/modules/swagger-codegen/src/main/resources/scala/pom.mustache b/modules/swagger-codegen/src/main/resources/scala/pom.mustache
index 742693511d1..f0292f5789d 100644
--- a/modules/swagger-codegen/src/main/resources/scala/pom.mustache
+++ b/modules/swagger-codegen/src/main/resources/scala/pom.mustache
@@ -156,6 +156,11 @@
       <artifactId>jackson-module-scala_2.10</artifactId>
       <version>${jackson-version}</version>
     </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.datatype</groupId>
+      <artifactId>jackson-datatype-joda</artifactId>
+      <version>${jackson-version}</version>
+    </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.sun.jersey</groupId>
       <artifactId>jersey-client</artifactId>
diff --git a/samples/client/petstore/scala/pom.xml b/samples/client/petstore/scala/pom.xml
index f8c0f909c14..e61ecd8f0f9 100644
--- a/samples/client/petstore/scala/pom.xml
+++ b/samples/client/petstore/scala/pom.xml
@@ -156,6 +156,11 @@
       <artifactId>jackson-module-scala_2.10</artifactId>
       <version>${jackson-version}</version>
     </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.datatype</groupId>
+      <artifactId>jackson-datatype-joda</artifactId>
+      <version>${jackson-version}</version>
+    </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.sun.jersey</groupId>
       <artifactId>jersey-client</artifactId>