SLING-7918 prevent transitive dependencies from being inherited by
referencing module
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 7173da0..959c104 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -40,27 +40,32 @@
     </properties>
 
     <dependencies>
+        <!-- all transitive dependencies should have scope "provided" to prevent classpath
+             pollution of referencing projects -->
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.osgi</groupId>
             <artifactId>org.osgi.service.component.annotations</artifactId>
             <version>1.4.0</version><!-- for annotation @ComponentPropertyType -->
+            <scope>provided</scope>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.osgi</groupId>
             <artifactId>org.osgi.service.component</artifactId>
             <version>1.4.0</version><!-- for link in javadoc to default property types/annotations -->
+            <scope>provided</scope>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.sling</groupId>
             <artifactId>org.apache.sling.api</artifactId>
             <!-- https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/SLING-6249, only for link in javadoc -->
             <version>2.16.0</version>
+            <scope>provided</scope>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>javax.servlet</groupId>
-            <artifactId>javax.servlet-api</artifactId>
+            <artifactId>javax.servlet-api</artifactId><!-- for link in javadoc -->
+            <scope>provided</scope>
         </dependency>
-        
     </dependencies>
 
 </project>