diff --git a/opentracing-rxjava-1/pom.xml b/opentracing-rxjava-1/pom.xml
index 763f347..16ab413 100644
--- a/opentracing-rxjava-1/pom.xml
+++ b/opentracing-rxjava-1/pom.xml
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@
       <groupId>io.reactivex</groupId>
       <artifactId>rxjava</artifactId>
       <version>1.3.8</version>
+      <scope>provided</scope>
     </dependency>
   </dependencies>
 </project>
diff --git a/opentracing-rxjava-2/pom.xml b/opentracing-rxjava-2/pom.xml
index c076fcb..6c12e37 100644
--- a/opentracing-rxjava-2/pom.xml
+++ b/opentracing-rxjava-2/pom.xml
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@
       <groupId>io.reactivex.rxjava2</groupId>
       <artifactId>rxjava</artifactId>
       <version>2.2.11</version>
+      <scope>provided</scope>
     </dependency>
   </dependencies>
 </project>