diff --git a/libraries-data/pom.xml b/libraries-data/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..94a9ca43f4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libraries-data/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
+    <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+    <parent>
+        <groupId>com.baeldung</groupId>
+        <artifactId>parent-modules</artifactId>
+        <version>1.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    </parent>
+    <artifactId>libraries-data</artifactId>
+    <name>libraries-data</name>
+    <packaging>jar</packaging>
+    <dependencies>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>com.esotericsoftware</groupId>
+            <artifactId>kryo</artifactId>
+            <version>${kryo.version}</version>
+        </dependency>
+    </dependencies>
+    <properties>
+        <kryo.version>4.0.1</kryo.version>
+    </properties>
+</project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/libraries/src/main/java/com/baeldung/kryo/ComplexClass.java b/libraries-data/src/main/java/com/baeldung/kryo/ComplexClass.java
similarity index 100%
rename from libraries/src/main/java/com/baeldung/kryo/ComplexClass.java
rename to libraries-data/src/main/java/com/baeldung/kryo/ComplexClass.java
diff --git a/libraries/src/main/java/com/baeldung/kryo/Person.java b/libraries-data/src/main/java/com/baeldung/kryo/Person.java
similarity index 100%
rename from libraries/src/main/java/com/baeldung/kryo/Person.java
rename to libraries-data/src/main/java/com/baeldung/kryo/Person.java
diff --git a/libraries/src/main/java/com/baeldung/kryo/PersonSerializer.java b/libraries-data/src/main/java/com/baeldung/kryo/PersonSerializer.java
similarity index 100%
rename from libraries/src/main/java/com/baeldung/kryo/PersonSerializer.java
rename to libraries-data/src/main/java/com/baeldung/kryo/PersonSerializer.java
diff --git a/libraries/src/test/java/com/baeldung/kryo/KryoUnitTest.java b/libraries-data/src/test/java/com/baeldung/kryo/KryoUnitTest.java
similarity index 100%
rename from libraries/src/test/java/com/baeldung/kryo/KryoUnitTest.java
rename to libraries-data/src/test/java/com/baeldung/kryo/KryoUnitTest.java
diff --git a/libraries/pom.xml b/libraries/pom.xml
index 9e8ff9b9ab..a655f5267a 100644
--- a/libraries/pom.xml
+++ b/libraries/pom.xml
@@ -453,11 +453,6 @@
             <artifactId>pcollections</artifactId>
             <version>${pcollections.version}</version>
         </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>com.esotericsoftware</groupId>
-            <artifactId>kryo</artifactId>
-            <version>${kryo.version}</version>
-        </dependency>
     </dependencies>
     <properties>
         <multiverse.version>0.7.0</multiverse.version>
@@ -498,6 +493,5 @@
         <hll.version>1.6.0</hll.version>
         <bytebuddy.version>1.7.1</bytebuddy.version>
         <pcollections.version>2.1.2</pcollections.version>
-        <kryo.version>4.0.1</kryo.version>
     </properties>
 </project>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 6641155044..eaf7f47a2b 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -94,6 +94,7 @@
         <module>jws</module>
 
         <module>libraries</module>
+        <module>libraries-data</module>        
         <module>log-mdc</module>
         <module>log4j</module>
         <module>log4j2</module>