diff --git a/sdk/core/azure-core/src/main/java/module-info.java b/sdk/core/azure-core/src/main/java/module-info.java
index 652f094e1f500..eae31b0a33997 100644
--- a/sdk/core/azure-core/src/main/java/module-info.java
+++ b/sdk/core/azure-core/src/main/java/module-info.java
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 // Licensed under the MIT License.
 
 module com.azure.core {
-    requires com.azure.json;
+    requires transitive com.azure.json;
     requires transitive reactor.core;
     requires transitive org.reactivestreams;
     requires transitive org.slf4j;