diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 3636cda3..ce46ebc9 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -83,6 +83,7 @@
 			<groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
 			<artifactId>slf4j-nop</artifactId>
 			<version>2.0.12</version>
+			<scope>test</scope>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>junit</groupId>