diff --git a/spring-cloud-commons/pom.xml b/spring-cloud-commons/pom.xml
index 82a678a9..bd23e04d 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-commons/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-cloud-commons/pom.xml
@@ -123,7 +123,6 @@
 			<groupId>org.apache.httpcomponents</groupId>
 			<artifactId>httpclient</artifactId>
 			<version>${apachehttpclient.version}</version>
-			<optional>true</optional>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>