diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index 875cddff7d..9f15d93f1f 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -489,8 +489,10 @@ configure(project(':seednode')) {
 
     dependencies {
         implementation project(':common')
+        implementation project(':proto')
         implementation project(':p2p')
         implementation project(':core')
+        implementation libs.protobuf.java
         annotationProcessor libs.lombok
         compileOnly libs.lombok
         implementation libs.google.guava