diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index bd7f82999..9036fe003 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@
       <groupId>com.github.spotbugs</groupId>
       <artifactId>spotbugs</artifactId>
       <version>4.7.3</version>
-      <scope>compile</scope>
+      <scope>provided</scope>
     </dependency>
 
     <dependency>