diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index f2c95e5..a7ba51f 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
         <maven-surefire-plugin.version>3.2.5</maven-surefire-plugin.version>
         <maven-enforcer-plugin.version>3.4.1</maven-enforcer-plugin.version>
         <maven-javadoc-plugin.version>3.6.3</maven-javadoc-plugin.version>
+        <maven-jar-plugin.version>3.3.0</maven-jar-plugin.version>
         <maven-source-plugin.version>3.3.0</maven-source-plugin.version>
         <maven-gpg-plugin.version>3.1.0</maven-gpg-plugin.version>
         <nexus-staging-maven-plugin.version>1.6.13</nexus-staging-maven-plugin.version>
@@ -34,7 +35,7 @@
 
         <!-- Test dependencies versions -->
         <testng.version>7.9.0</testng.version>
-        <mockito.version>5.8.0</mockito.version>
+        <mockito.version>5.9.0</mockito.version>
     </properties>
 
     <licenses>
@@ -415,6 +416,17 @@
                     </execution>
                 </executions>
             </plugin>
+            <plugin>
+                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+                <artifactId>maven-jar-plugin</artifactId>
+                <version>${maven-jar-plugin.version}</version>
+                <configuration>
+                    <excludes>
+                        <!-- Schema files are not needed at runtime, don't include them in the jar -->
+                        <exclude>com/lukaspradel/steamapi/schema/**</exclude>
+                    </excludes>
+                </configuration>
+            </plugin>
         </plugins>
     </build>