diff --git a/nucleus/parent/pom.xml b/nucleus/parent/pom.xml
index 90d3f6256a7..bd582c2b963 100644
--- a/nucleus/parent/pom.xml
+++ b/nucleus/parent/pom.xml
@@ -422,16 +422,19 @@
                 <groupId>junit</groupId>
                 <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
                 <version>4.13.2</version>
+                <scope>test</scope>
             </dependency>
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>org.testng</groupId>
                 <artifactId>testng</artifactId>
                 <version>${testng.version}</version>
+                <scope>test</scope>
             </dependency>
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>org.jmockit</groupId>
                 <artifactId>jmockit</artifactId>
                 <version>${jmockit.version}</version>
+                <scope>test</scope>
             </dependency>
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>commons-io</groupId>
@@ -585,7 +588,6 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>junit</groupId>
             <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
-            <scope>test</scope>
             <optional>true</optional>
         </dependency>
     </dependencies>
diff --git a/nucleus/test-utils/utils-ng/pom.xml b/nucleus/test-utils/utils-ng/pom.xml
index 2498dedb817..2520faf0b4b 100644
--- a/nucleus/test-utils/utils-ng/pom.xml
+++ b/nucleus/test-utils/utils-ng/pom.xml
@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.testng</groupId>
             <artifactId>testng</artifactId>
+            <scope>compile</scope>
         </dependency>
     </dependencies>
 </project>
diff --git a/nucleus/test-utils/utils/pom.xml b/nucleus/test-utils/utils/pom.xml
index 78446d78d14..b3d16241806 100644
--- a/nucleus/test-utils/utils/pom.xml
+++ b/nucleus/test-utils/utils/pom.xml
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>junit</groupId>
             <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
-            <optional>true</optional>
+            <scope>compile</scope>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.glassfish.main.core</groupId>