This module will be required by a number of packages across the
build tree.
The artifact is currently hosted on Maven Central and the version
defined in the mk file is the latest version of the artifact
available in the repository.
**Note: this change will require Maven to build (v3 is recommended).
Change-Id: I9459ae21b0f4c8f88d2b3a2b5014a36b17b9651b
