diff --git a/api/pom.xml b/api/pom.xml
index 69f8c2f5..2b08c827 100644
--- a/api/pom.xml
+++ b/api/pom.xml
@@ -40,10 +40,12 @@
         <dependency>
           <groupId>org.hibernate.validator</groupId>
           <artifactId>hibernate-validator</artifactId>
+          <scope>runtime</scope>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
           <groupId>org.glassfish.expressly</groupId>
           <artifactId>expressly</artifactId>
+           <scope>runtime</scope>
         </dependency>
         <!-- test -->
         <dependency>