diff --git a/spring-data-graph-parent/pom.xml b/spring-data-graph-parent/pom.xml
index fc7bb1fed..33f6730a0 100644
--- a/spring-data-graph-parent/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-data-graph-parent/pom.xml
@@ -191,20 +191,20 @@
               <groupId>com.tinkerpop.blueprints</groupId>
               <artifactId>blueprints-core</artifactId>
               <version>${blueprints.version}</version>
-              <scope>optional</scope>
+              <optional>true</optional>
             </dependency>
             <dependency>
               <groupId>com.tinkerpop.blueprints</groupId>
               <artifactId>blueprints-neo4j-graph</artifactId>
               <version>${blueprints.version}</version>
-              <scope>optional</scope>
+              <optional>true</optional>
             </dependency>
 
             <dependency>
               <groupId>com.tinkerpop</groupId>
               <artifactId>gremlin</artifactId>
               <version>${gremlin.version}</version>
-              <scope>optional</scope>
+              <optional>true</optional>
             </dependency>
 
 			<dependency>
diff --git a/spring-data-neo4j/pom.xml b/spring-data-neo4j/pom.xml
index e6119c143..50d5ffadb 100644
--- a/spring-data-neo4j/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-data-neo4j/pom.xml
@@ -129,24 +129,24 @@
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.neo4j</groupId>
 			<artifactId>server-api</artifactId>
-		 <scope>optional</scope>
+		 <optional>true</optional>
 		</dependency>
 
         <dependency>
           <groupId>com.tinkerpop.blueprints</groupId>
           <artifactId>blueprints-core</artifactId>
-          <scope>optional</scope>
+          <optional>true</optional>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
           <groupId>com.tinkerpop.blueprints</groupId>
           <artifactId>blueprints-neo4j-graph</artifactId>
-          <scope>optional</scope>
+          <optional>true</optional>
         </dependency>
 
         <dependency>
           <groupId>com.tinkerpop</groupId>
           <artifactId>gremlin</artifactId>
-          <scope>optional</scope>
+          <optional>true</optional>
         </dependency>
 
 		<dependency>