diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 0ff0081..b8996ba 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -60,6 +60,12 @@
       <classifier>natives-desktop</classifier>
     </dependency>
 
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>com.esotericsoftware</groupId>
+      <artifactId>kryo</artifactId>
+      <version>5.0.0-RC5</version>
+    </dependency>
+
     <dependency>
       <groupId>kryonet</groupId>
       <artifactId>kryonet</artifactId>