diff --git a/theodolite-benchmarks/load-generator-commons/build.gradle b/theodolite-benchmarks/load-generator-commons/build.gradle
index 927fd4d5ea59b27887ca09ba0ed1189e841d56ac..62542eeabc1cccb35fa9f71d1929b72956a56999 100644
--- a/theodolite-benchmarks/load-generator-commons/build.gradle
+++ b/theodolite-benchmarks/load-generator-commons/build.gradle
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ dependencies {
   implementation('org.industrial-devops:titan-ccp-common-kafka:0.1.0-SNAPSHOT') { changing = true }
   implementation 'org.apache.kafka:kafka-streams:2.6.0' // TODO required?
   implementation platform('com.google.cloud:libraries-bom:24.2.0')
+  implementation 'com.google.protobuf:protobuf-java-util'
   implementation 'com.google.cloud:google-cloud-pubsub'
 
   // Use JUnit test framework