diff --git a/spring-ws-core/pom.xml b/spring-ws-core/pom.xml
index 8a2fb6f0..07b317c8 100644
--- a/spring-ws-core/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-ws-core/pom.xml
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@
             <groupId>jakarta.servlet</groupId>
             <artifactId>jakarta.servlet-api</artifactId>
             <version>${jakarta-servlet.version}</version>
+            <scope>provided</scope>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>jakarta.xml.soap</groupId>