diff --git a/exporters/otlp/CMakeLists.txt b/exporters/otlp/CMakeLists.txt
index 228c5cc67f..83b35f16a7 100644
--- a/exporters/otlp/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/exporters/otlp/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -489,9 +489,13 @@ if(BUILD_TESTING)
   if(WITH_OTLP_FILE)
     add_executable(otlp_file_client_test test/otlp_file_client_test.cc)
     target_link_libraries(
-      otlp_file_client_test ${GTEST_BOTH_LIBRARIES} ${CMAKE_THREAD_LIBS_INIT}
-      ${GMOCK_LIB} opentelemetry_exporter_otlp_file
-      opentelemetry_otlp_recordable)
+      otlp_file_client_test
+      ${GTEST_BOTH_LIBRARIES}
+      ${CMAKE_THREAD_LIBS_INIT}
+      ${GMOCK_LIB}
+      opentelemetry_exporter_otlp_file
+      opentelemetry_otlp_recordable
+      nlohmann_json::nlohmann_json)
     gtest_add_tests(
       TARGET otlp_file_client_test
       TEST_PREFIX exporter.otlp.