diff --git a/.changes/next-release/bugfix-AWSSDKforJavav2-8d0e5da.json b/.changes/next-release/bugfix-AWSSDKforJavav2-8d0e5da.json
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..96ece6d83ad6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changes/next-release/bugfix-AWSSDKforJavav2-8d0e5da.json
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+{
+    "category": "AWS SDK for Java v2", 
+    "contributor": "", 
+    "type": "bugfix", 
+    "description": "Fix for module-path tests failure reported in [#2240](https://github.com/aws/aws-sdk-java-v2/issues/2240)"
+}
diff --git a/core/protocols/protocol-core/src/main/java/software/amazon/awssdk/protocols/json/internal/MarshallerUtil.java b/core/protocols/aws-json-protocol/src/main/java/software/amazon/awssdk/protocols/json/internal/MarshallerUtil.java
similarity index 100%
rename from core/protocols/protocol-core/src/main/java/software/amazon/awssdk/protocols/json/internal/MarshallerUtil.java
rename to core/protocols/aws-json-protocol/src/main/java/software/amazon/awssdk/protocols/json/internal/MarshallerUtil.java
diff --git a/test/module-path-tests/src/main/java/module-info.java b/test/module-path-tests/src/main/java/module-info.java
index 9b2d7c36c49d..489563a381f5 100644
--- a/test/module-path-tests/src/main/java/module-info.java
+++ b/test/module-path-tests/src/main/java/module-info.java
@@ -30,4 +30,5 @@
 
     requires org.slf4j;
     requires slf4j.simple;
+    requires com.fasterxml.jackson.core;
 }