diff --git a/tracing/jaeger/src/main/java/module-info.java b/tracing/jaeger/src/main/java/module-info.java
index d3fdc4d9b77..355c535577f 100644
--- a/tracing/jaeger/src/main/java/module-info.java
+++ b/tracing/jaeger/src/main/java/module-info.java
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@
     requires io.opentracing.noop;
     // need to explicitly require transitive dependency, as jaeger is not a module
     requires com.google.gson;
+    requires org.slf4j;
 
     exports io.helidon.tracing.jaeger;