diff --git a/google-cloud-clients/google-cloud-spanner/pom.xml b/google-cloud-clients/google-cloud-spanner/pom.xml
index 6ba733b0d6c6..289f1f5e627b 100644
--- a/google-cloud-clients/google-cloud-spanner/pom.xml
+++ b/google-cloud-clients/google-cloud-spanner/pom.xml
@@ -139,12 +139,13 @@
       <groupId>joda-time</groupId>
       <artifactId>joda-time</artifactId>
     </dependency>
+
+    <!-- Test dependencies -->
     <dependency>
       <groupId>junit</groupId>
       <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
+      <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
-
-    <!-- Test dependencies -->
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.google.truth</groupId>
       <artifactId>truth</artifactId>