diff --git a/cxx-sslr/pom.xml b/cxx-sslr/pom.xml
index 1e2da15cc5..34bcd19921 100644
--- a/cxx-sslr/pom.xml
+++ b/cxx-sslr/pom.xml
@@ -70,16 +70,19 @@
         <groupId>org.junit.jupiter</groupId>
         <artifactId>junit-jupiter-engine</artifactId>
         <version>${junit-jupiter.version}</version>
+        <scope>test</scope>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.junit.jupiter</groupId>
         <artifactId>junit-jupiter-api</artifactId>
         <version>${junit-jupiter.version}</version>
+        <scope>test</scope>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.mockito</groupId>
         <artifactId>mockito-core</artifactId>
         <version>${mockito-core.version}</version>
+        <scope>test</scope>
       </dependency>
     </dependencies>
   </dependencyManagement>
diff --git a/cxx-sslr/sslr-testing-harness/pom.xml b/cxx-sslr/sslr-testing-harness/pom.xml
index fde890e2eb..4bf8171916 100644
--- a/cxx-sslr/sslr-testing-harness/pom.xml
+++ b/cxx-sslr/sslr-testing-harness/pom.xml
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.assertj</groupId>
       <artifactId>assertj-core</artifactId>
+      <scope>compile</scope>
     </dependency>
   </dependencies>
 
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 5dbc5921f3..dd835960a1 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -312,16 +312,19 @@
         <groupId>org.sonarsource.api.plugin</groupId>
         <artifactId>sonar-plugin-api</artifactId>
         <version>${sonar.plugin.api.version}</version>
+        <scope>provided</scope>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.sonarsource.sonarqube</groupId>
         <artifactId>sonar-plugin-api-impl</artifactId>
         <version>${sonar.version}</version>
+        <scope>test</scope>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.sonarsource.sonarqube</groupId>
         <artifactId>sonar-testing-harness</artifactId>
         <version>${sonar.version}</version>
+        <scope>test</scope>
       </dependency>
 
       <dependency>
@@ -338,21 +341,25 @@
         <groupId>org.junit.jupiter</groupId>
         <artifactId>junit-jupiter-engine</artifactId>
         <version>${junit-jupiter.version}</version>
+        <scope>test</scope>        
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.junit.jupiter</groupId>
         <artifactId>junit-jupiter-api</artifactId>
         <version>${junit-jupiter.version}</version>
+        <scope>test</scope>        
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.assertj</groupId>
         <artifactId>assertj-core</artifactId>
         <version>${assertj-core.version}</version>
+        <scope>test</scope>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.mockito</groupId>
         <artifactId>mockito-core</artifactId>
         <version>${mockito-core.version}</version>
+        <scope>test</scope>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.apache.maven</groupId>