diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index fbdaac3..87756fe 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
 			<artifactId>slf4j-api</artifactId>
+			<scope>provided</scope>
 		</dependency>
 
 		<!-- https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/org.apache.httpcomponents/httpclient -->