diff --git a/headless-services/spring-boot-language-server/pom.xml b/headless-services/spring-boot-language-server/pom.xml
index d32dfd38d..6ba14d792 100644
--- a/headless-services/spring-boot-language-server/pom.xml
+++ b/headless-services/spring-boot-language-server/pom.xml
@@ -45,6 +45,11 @@
 	</repositories>
 
 	<dependencies>
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
+			<artifactId>spring-context-indexer</artifactId>
+			<optional>true</optional>
+		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.springframework.ide.vscode</groupId>
 			<artifactId>commons-yaml</artifactId>