diff --git a/spring-cloud-contract-shade/pom.xml b/spring-cloud-contract-shade/pom.xml
index 5e30fae965..5369eef1f4 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-contract-shade/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-cloud-contract-shade/pom.xml
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@
 							<goal>shade</goal>
 						</goals>
 						<configuration>
-							<createDependencyReducedPom>false</createDependencyReducedPom>
+							<createDependencyReducedPom>true</createDependencyReducedPom>
 							<shadedArtifactAttached>false</shadedArtifactAttached>
 							<createSourcesJar>true</createSourcesJar>
 							<shadeSourcesContent>true</shadeSourcesContent>