diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 674bcda0f..42714bf6c 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -131,6 +131,7 @@
         <version.lib.freemarker>2.3.23</version.lib.freemarker>
         <version.lib.groovy>2.4.16</version.lib.groovy>
         <version.lib.gson>2.8.9</version.lib.gson>
+        <version.lib.guava>32.0.1-jre</version.lib.guava>
         <version.lib.hamcrest>1.3</version.lib.hamcrest>
         <version.lib.invoker>3.0.1</version.lib.invoker>
         <version.lib.jackson>2.11.0</version.lib.jackson>
@@ -883,6 +884,12 @@
                 <artifactId>gson</artifactId>
                 <version>${version.lib.gson}</version>
             </dependency>
+            <dependency>
+                <!-- force upgrade trans dep of lsp4j and maven-core -->
+                <groupId>com.google.guava</groupId>
+                <artifactId>guava</artifactId>
+                <version>${version.lib.guava}</version>
+            </dependency>
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>org.apache.maven.shared</groupId>
                 <artifactId>maven-artifact-transfer</artifactId>