diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index b367969a7..a5243a8ff 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -262,6 +262,7 @@
             <groupId>commons-dbcp</groupId>
             <artifactId>commons-dbcp</artifactId>
             <version>1.4</version>
+            <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
     </dependencies>
     <reporting>