diff --git a/sdks/java/io/azure/build.gradle b/sdks/java/io/azure/build.gradle
index 97d31f9d9640..bfc6cd5d6a91 100644
--- a/sdks/java/io/azure/build.gradle
+++ b/sdks/java/io/azure/build.gradle
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ plugins {
 }
 
 applyJavaNature(
+  enableStrictDependencies:true,
   automaticModuleName: 'org.apache.beam.sdk.io.azure')
 
 description = "Apache Beam :: SDKs :: Java :: IO :: Azure"
@@ -29,13 +30,19 @@ ext.summary = "IO library to read and write Azure services from Beam."
 repositories { jcenter() }
 
 dependencies {
+  compile library.java.commons_io
+  permitUnusedDeclared library.java.commons_io // BEAM-11761
+  compile library.java.slf4j_api
   compile library.java.vendored_guava_26_0_jre
   compile project(path: ":sdks:java:core", configuration: "shadow")
   compile "com.azure:azure-storage-blob:12.8.0"
   compile "com.azure:azure-identity:1.0.8"
   compile "com.microsoft.azure:azure-storage:8.6.5"
-  compile "commons-io:commons-io:2.6"
-  compile library.java.slf4j_api
+  compile "com.azure:azure-core:1.6.0"
+  compile "com.azure:azure-storage-common:12.8.0"
+  compile library.java.jackson_annotations
+  compile library.java.jackson_core
+  compile library.java.jackson_databind
   testCompile project(path: ":sdks:java:core", configuration: "shadowTest")
   testCompile library.java.mockito_core
   testCompile library.java.junit