diff --git a/spring-modulith-starters/spring-modulith-starter-jdbc/pom.xml b/spring-modulith-starters/spring-modulith-starter-jdbc/pom.xml
index e0857219..18285ad4 100644
--- a/spring-modulith-starters/spring-modulith-starter-jdbc/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-modulith-starters/spring-modulith-starter-jdbc/pom.xml
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@
 			<groupId>org.springframework.modulith</groupId>
 			<artifactId>spring-modulith-events-core</artifactId>
 			<version>1.1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+			<scope>runtime</scope>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.springframework.modulith</groupId>