diff --git a/spring-ai-openai/pom.xml b/spring-ai-openai/pom.xml
index 6da2bd803..21bfe14a7 100644
--- a/spring-ai-openai/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-ai-openai/pom.xml
@@ -67,8 +67,8 @@
 		</dependency>
 
 		<dependency>
-			<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
-			<artifactId>spring-boot-starter-webflux</artifactId>
+			<groupId>io.projectreactor</groupId>
+			<artifactId>reactor-core</artifactId>
 		</dependency>
 
 		<!-- test dependencies -->