diff --git a/quarkus/server/pom.xml b/quarkus/server/pom.xml
index 1a425622f65..8eb0d9b29f3 100644
--- a/quarkus/server/pom.xml
+++ b/quarkus/server/pom.xml
@@ -34,6 +34,12 @@
             <artifactId>quarkus-vertx-http-dev-ui-resources</artifactId>
             <scope>provided</scope>
         </dependency>
+        <!-- this dependency is necessary to start the IDELauncher -->
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>com.oracle.database.jdbc</groupId>
+            <artifactId>ojdbc11</artifactId>
+            <scope>provided</scope>
+        </dependency>
     </dependencies>
 
     <properties>