diff --git a/release-notes/VERSION-2.x b/release-notes/VERSION-2.x
index 8c01d90cac..c4684c75d1 100644
--- a/release-notes/VERSION-2.x
+++ b/release-notes/VERSION-2.x
@@ -18,6 +18,8 @@ a pure JSON library.
 
 #1331: Update to FastDoubleParser v1.0.1 to fix `BigDecimal` decoding problem
  (contributed by @pjfanning)
+#1340: Missing `JsonFactory` "provides" SPI with JPMS in `jackson-core` module
+ (contributed by @sdyura)
 
 2.17.2 (05-Jul-2024)
 
diff --git a/src/moditect/module-info.java b/src/moditect/module-info.java
index 8d928d192b..566ec0c97f 100644
--- a/src/moditect/module-info.java
+++ b/src/moditect/module-info.java
@@ -20,4 +20,8 @@
 
     // 03-Oct-2019, tatu: [core#567] Add self-use to avoid warnings
     uses com.fasterxml.jackson.core.ObjectCodec;
+
+    // 25-Sep-2024: [core#1340] Need to explicitly add even in base
+    provides com.fasterxml.jackson.core.JsonFactory with
+        com.fasterxml.jackson.core.JsonFactory;
 }