diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 0ffe6a5..b209286 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -114,6 +114,7 @@
       <groupId>com.hivemq</groupId>
       <artifactId>hivemq-mqtt-client</artifactId>
       <version>1.3.0</version>
+      <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.testcontainers</groupId>