diff --git a/spring-cloud-kubernetes-commons/pom.xml b/spring-cloud-kubernetes-commons/pom.xml
index d016d7ed..b29640a7 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-kubernetes-commons/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-cloud-kubernetes-commons/pom.xml
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.springframework.cloud</groupId>
 			<artifactId>spring-cloud-loadbalancer</artifactId>
+			<optional>true</optional>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.springframework.cloud</groupId>