diff --git a/quartz-core/pom.xml b/quartz-core/pom.xml
index 98ba421a3..9ecdd1b6a 100644
--- a/quartz-core/pom.xml
+++ b/quartz-core/pom.xml
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@
       <groupId>com.zaxxer</groupId>
       <artifactId>HikariCP</artifactId>
       <version>${hikaricp.version}</version>
+      <scope>provided</scope>
     </dependency>
 
     <dependency>