diff --git a/spring-data-redis/pom.xml b/spring-data-redis/pom.xml
index df79d0267..bdb8330c0 100644
--- a/spring-data-redis/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-data-redis/pom.xml
@@ -87,6 +87,7 @@
       <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
       <artifactId>spring-oxm</artifactId>
       <version>${org.springframework.version}</version>
+      <optional>true</optional>
     </dependency>
 
     <!-- Jackson JSON -->