diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index a686a1e..089c565 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -174,6 +174,7 @@
             <groupId>de.flapdoodle.embed</groupId>
             <artifactId>de.flapdoodle.embed.mongo.spring3x</artifactId>
             <version>4.12.6</version>
+            <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
     </dependencies>