diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index bb56268b..d2f0970e 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -157,6 +157,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>io.apicurio</groupId>
             <artifactId>apicurio-registry-utils-converter</artifactId>
+            <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>io.confluent</groupId>