diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 6253638083113d3a3303dc961ccf9f64c0879ac5..1ed9dfd842123f6714bc1a9c57c091cf6ae4d897 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
             <artifactId>VIPSCommon</artifactId>
             <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
             <type>jar</type>
+            <scope>provided</scope>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>junit</groupId>