diff --git a/eo-runtime/pom.xml b/eo-runtime/pom.xml
index ebf3ac178b..6992384a67 100644
--- a/eo-runtime/pom.xml
+++ b/eo-runtime/pom.xml
@@ -140,6 +140,12 @@ SOFTWARE.
       <!-- version from parent POM -->
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.apache.bcel</groupId>
+      <artifactId>bcel</artifactId>
+      <version>5.2</version>
+      <scope>test</scope>
+    </dependency>
   </dependencies>
   <build>
     <plugins>
@@ -251,11 +257,6 @@ SOFTWARE.
             <artifactId>groovy-xml</artifactId>
             <version>3.0.21</version>
           </dependency>
-          <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.apache.bcel</groupId>
-            <artifactId>bcel</artifactId>
-            <version>5.2</version>
-          </dependency>
         </dependencies>
       </plugin>
       <plugin>