diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 113b9cb..60395b0 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -110,6 +110,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.google.code.findbugs</groupId>
       <artifactId>jsr305</artifactId>
+      <scope>provided</scope>
     </dependency>
     <!-- logging -->
     <dependency>