diff --git a/dspace-oai/pom.xml b/dspace-oai/pom.xml
index 00a59e33b7..13b0b44576 100644
--- a/dspace-oai/pom.xml
+++ b/dspace-oai/pom.xml
@@ -220,6 +220,7 @@
             <groupId>org.xmlmatchers</groupId>
             <artifactId>xml-matchers</artifactId>
             <version>0.10</version>
+            <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
     </dependencies>