diff --git a/spring-web/src/main/java/org/springframework/http/codec/json/Jackson2SmileEncoder.java b/spring-web/src/main/java/org/springframework/http/codec/json/Jackson2SmileEncoder.java
index 428684a4b7..05617bd3fa 100644
--- a/spring-web/src/main/java/org/springframework/http/codec/json/Jackson2SmileEncoder.java
+++ b/spring-web/src/main/java/org/springframework/http/codec/json/Jackson2SmileEncoder.java
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 package org.springframework.http.codec.json;
 
 import java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets;
+import java.util.Collections;
 import java.util.List;
 
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ObjectMapper;