diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 8e01177..c68d5a6 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -213,6 +213,7 @@
             <groupId>org.apache.sling</groupId>
             <artifactId>org.apache.sling.commons.testing</artifactId>
             <version>2.0.26</version>
+            <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
         <!-- for testing the annotations -->
         <dependency>