diff --git a/spring-resteasy/pom.xml b/spring-resteasy/pom.xml
index c43ff52ab9..b7a5b335c7 100644
--- a/spring-resteasy/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-resteasy/pom.xml
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.jboss.resteasy</groupId>
             <artifactId>resteasy-jaxrs</artifactId>
-            <scope>test</scope>
+            <scope>provided</scope>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.jboss.resteasy</groupId>