diff --git a/build.sbt b/build.sbt
index 5ec90e204..4b83f9eb4 100644
--- a/build.sbt
+++ b/build.sbt
@@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ lazy val common = project
       Dependencies.Libraries.snowplowRawEvent,
       Dependencies.Libraries.collectorPayload,
       Dependencies.Libraries.schemaSniffer,
+      Dependencies.Libraries.thrift,
       Dependencies.Libraries.specs2,
       Dependencies.Libraries.specs2Cats,
       Dependencies.Libraries.specs2Scalacheck,
diff --git a/project/Dependencies.scala b/project/Dependencies.scala
index 6745eb2af..ffab8116b 100644
--- a/project/Dependencies.scala
+++ b/project/Dependencies.scala
@@ -92,6 +92,8 @@ object Dependencies {
     val grpc             = "1.32.2"
     val macros           = "2.1.1"
     val scalaTest        = "3.0.8"
+
+    val thrift           = "0.14.1"
   }
 
   object Libraries {
@@ -182,5 +184,8 @@ object Dependencies {
     val pureconfigCirce  = "com.github.pureconfig"            %% "pureconfig-circe"                  % V.pureconfig
     val http4sDsl        = "org.http4s"                       %% "http4s-dsl"                        % V.http4s          % Test
     val http4sServer     = "org.http4s"                       %% "http4s-blaze-server"               % V.http4s          % Test
+
+    // force versions of transitive dependencies
+    val thrift           = "org.apache.thrift"                % "libthrift"                          % V.thrift
   }
 }