diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 4b4d00b..2988a3c 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -24,6 +24,13 @@
          <scope>test</scope>
      </dependency>
 
+     <dependency>
+        <groupId>com.vdurmont</groupId>
+        <artifactId>emoji-java</artifactId>
+        <version>5.1.1</version> 
+     </dependency>
+
+
  </dependencies> 
 
 </project>