diff --git a/spring-ws-core/pom.xml b/spring-ws-core/pom.xml
index 317d8b9d..d59845fa 100644
--- a/spring-ws-core/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-ws-core/pom.xml
@@ -166,6 +166,7 @@
                     <artifactId>slf4j-api</artifactId>
                 </exclusion>
             </exclusions>
+            <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
 
         <dependency>
@@ -178,6 +179,7 @@
                     <artifactId>slf4j-api</artifactId>
                 </exclusion>
             </exclusions>
+            <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
 
         <dependency>