diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 7ce159e..979cc6c 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -153,6 +153,7 @@
 				<groupId>org.gcube.information-system</groupId>
 				<artifactId>resource-registry-publisher</artifactId>
 				<version>[4.1.0,5.0.0-SNAPSHOT)</version>
+				<scope>provided</scope>
 			</dependency>
 			<!-- END Facets Based Resource Model related dependencies -->