diff --git a/.github/workflows/publish.yml b/.github/workflows/publish.yml
index c07d537..17864fa 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/publish.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/publish.yml
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ jobs:
           distribution: temurin
           java-version: 11
           check-latest: true
+      - uses: sbt/setup-sbt@v1
       - name: Set output
         id: vars
         run: echo ::set-output name=tag::${GITHUB_REF#refs/*/}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/test.yml b/.github/workflows/test.yml
index 3a82c73..88fd883 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test.yml
@@ -15,5 +15,6 @@ jobs:
           distribution: temurin
           java-version: 11
           check-latest: true
+      - uses: sbt/setup-sbt@v1
       - name: Tests
         run: sbt clean test
diff --git a/build.sbt b/build.sbt
index 6052e4d..79568c1 100644
--- a/build.sbt
+++ b/build.sbt
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
 import org.typelevel.scalacoptions.ScalacOptions
+import sbtassembly.AssemblyPlugin.autoImport.*
+
 
 name                                     := "my_custom_deserializers"
 version                                  := sys.env.getOrElse("CREATED_TAG", "0.1")
@@ -7,7 +9,9 @@ libraryDependencies += "org.apache.kafka" % "kafka-clients" % "3.4.0"
 libraryDependencies ++= Seq(
   "com.thesamet.scalapb"               %% "scalapb-runtime"                         % scalapb.compiler.Version.scalapbVersion % "protobuf",
   "com.thesamet.scalapb.common-protos" %% "proto-google-common-protos-scalapb_0.11" % "2.9.6-0"                               % "protobuf",
-  "com.thesamet.scalapb.common-protos" %% "proto-google-common-protos-scalapb_0.11" % "2.9.6-0"
+  "com.thesamet.scalapb.common-protos" %% "proto-google-common-protos-scalapb_0.11" % "2.9.6-0",
+  "com.fasterxml.jackson.core"         % "jackson-databind"       % "2.14.3"
+
 )
 
 Compile / tpolecatExcludeOptions ++= Set(
@@ -35,3 +39,8 @@ ThisBuild / credentials += Credentials(
   GITHUB_OWNER,
   System.getenv("GITHUB_TOKEN")
 )
+
+assembly / assemblyMergeStrategy := {
+  case PathList("META-INF", "versions", "9", "module-info.class") => MergeStrategy.first
+  case x => (assembly / assemblyMergeStrategy).value(x)
+}
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diff --git a/src/main/scala/io/example/conduktor/custom/deserializers/MyCustomJsonNodeDeserializer.scala b/src/main/scala/io/example/conduktor/custom/deserializers/MyCustomJsonNodeDeserializer.scala
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..cb2e396
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/scala/io/example/conduktor/custom/deserializers/MyCustomJsonNodeDeserializer.scala
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+package io.example.conduktor.custom.deserializers
+
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.{JsonNode, ObjectMapper}
+import org.apache.kafka.common.serialization.Deserializer
+
+class MyCustomJsonNodeDeserializer extends Deserializer[JsonNode] {
+  override def deserialize(topic: String, data: Array[Byte]): JsonNode = {
+    val mapper = new ObjectMapper()
+    mapper.readTree(data)
+  }
+}
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