diff --git a/binders/kafka-binder/spring-cloud-stream-binder-kafka-streams/pom.xml b/binders/kafka-binder/spring-cloud-stream-binder-kafka-streams/pom.xml
index 7be79cef1..066484872 100644
--- a/binders/kafka-binder/spring-cloud-stream-binder-kafka-streams/pom.xml
+++ b/binders/kafka-binder/spring-cloud-stream-binder-kafka-streams/pom.xml
@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.springframework.kafka</groupId>
 			<artifactId>spring-kafka-test</artifactId>
+			<scope>test</scope>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.springframework.cloud</groupId>