diff --git a/build.sbt b/build.sbt
index 41f0fde90..a8dbf29ff 100644
--- a/build.sbt
+++ b/build.sbt
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ name := "cloudstate"
 
 val GrpcJavaVersion                 = "1.22.1"
 val GraalAkkaVersion                = "0.4.1"
-val AkkaVersion                     = "2.5.23-jroper-rebalance-fix-1"
+val AkkaVersion                     = "2.5.25"
 val AkkaHttpVersion                 = "10.1.9"
 val AkkaManagementVersion           = "1.0.1"
 val AkkaPersistenceCassandraVersion = "0.96"
@@ -428,6 +428,7 @@ lazy val `java-support` = (project in file("java-support"))
 
       "com.typesafe.akka"             %% "akka-stream"                       % AkkaVersion,
       "com.typesafe.akka"             %% "akka-slf4j"                        % AkkaVersion,
+      "com.typesafe.akka"             %% "akka-discovery"                    % AkkaVersion,
       "com.typesafe.akka"             %% "akka-http"                         % AkkaHttpVersion,
       "com.typesafe.akka"             %% "akka-http-spray-json"              % AkkaHttpVersion,
       "com.typesafe.akka"             %% "akka-http-core"                    % AkkaHttpVersion,