diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 9350898..7b932dc 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -87,6 +87,7 @@
 				<groupId>jakarta.ws.rs</groupId>
 				<artifactId>jakarta.ws.rs-api</artifactId>
 				<version>3.1.0</version>
+				<scope>provided</scope>
 			</dependency>
 
 			<!-- Setting scope to provided to dependencies already declared in