diff --git a/modules/swagger-codegen/src/main/resources/Java/libraries/retrofit2/pom.mustache b/modules/swagger-codegen/src/main/resources/Java/libraries/retrofit2/pom.mustache
index d120e7255c6..e33d026aaf5 100644
--- a/modules/swagger-codegen/src/main/resources/Java/libraries/retrofit2/pom.mustache
+++ b/modules/swagger-codegen/src/main/resources/Java/libraries/retrofit2/pom.mustache
@@ -112,6 +112,11 @@
       <artifactId>swagger-annotations</artifactId>
       <version>${swagger-core-version}</version>
     </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>com.squareup.retrofit2</groupId>
+        <artifactId>converter-gson</artifactId>
+        <version>${retrofit-version}</version>
+    </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.squareup.retrofit2</groupId>
       <artifactId>retrofit</artifactId>