diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 2e43451e..85302fe2 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -100,6 +100,7 @@
             <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
             <artifactId>slf4j-simple</artifactId>
             <version>1.7.25</version>
+            <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
 
     </dependencies>