diff --git a/impl/pom.xml b/impl/pom.xml
index ba0549c..770bb6d 100644
--- a/impl/pom.xml
+++ b/impl/pom.xml
@@ -108,6 +108,7 @@
             <groupId>org.apache.felix</groupId>
             <artifactId>org.apache.felix.main</artifactId>
             <version>1.0.1</version>
+            <scope>provided</scope>
         </dependency>
 
        <!-- dependencies for test cases -->
@@ -115,6 +116,7 @@
             <groupId>junit</groupId>
             <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
             <version>3.8.1</version>
+            <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
 
     </dependencies>
diff --git a/lib/pom.xml b/lib/pom.xml
index a79c975..8b9d7f9 100644
--- a/lib/pom.xml
+++ b/lib/pom.xml
@@ -58,6 +58,7 @@
             <groupId>junit</groupId>
             <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
             <version>3.8.1</version>
+            <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
     </dependencies>
 
diff --git a/tools/pom.xml b/tools/pom.xml
index e40a8c5..21a6333 100644
--- a/tools/pom.xml
+++ b/tools/pom.xml
@@ -82,6 +82,7 @@
             <groupId>junit</groupId>
             <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
             <version>3.8.1</version>
+            <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
 
         <!-- this is needed because test program calls XMLHelper.save() and SDOXMLResourceImpl (in the sdo/impl project) uses StAX ??? -->