diff --git a/dropwizard-client/pom.xml b/dropwizard-client/pom.xml
index b841040ebcc..dec2f8bf2fe 100644
--- a/dropwizard-client/pom.xml
+++ b/dropwizard-client/pom.xml
@@ -139,7 +139,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
             <artifactId>commons-lang3</artifactId>
-            <scope>test></scope>
+            <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
     </dependencies>
 </project>