diff --git a/scala/dllib/pom.xml b/scala/dllib/pom.xml
index 63e45ff266a..3d36112e271 100644
--- a/scala/dllib/pom.xml
+++ b/scala/dllib/pom.xml
@@ -336,6 +336,7 @@
             <groupId>com.microsoft.azure</groupId>
             <artifactId>synapseml-lightgbm_2.12</artifactId>
             <version>0.9.5</version>
+            <scope>${lightgbm.scope}</scope>
             <exclusions>
                 <exclusion>
                     <groupId>org.apache.spark</groupId>
diff --git a/scala/pom.xml b/scala/pom.xml
index 1f1f148f007..1f4a3a4b8a6 100644
--- a/scala/pom.xml
+++ b/scala/pom.xml
@@ -692,6 +692,7 @@
                 <scala.major.version>2.11</scala.major.version>
                 <scala.version>2.11.8</scala.version>
                 <scala.macros.version>2.1.0</scala.macros.version>
+                <lightgbm.scope>provided</lightgbm.scope>
             </properties>
             <build>
                 <plugins>
@@ -772,6 +773,7 @@
                 <scala.major.version>2.12</scala.major.version>
                 <scala.version>2.12.10</scala.version>
                 <scala.macros.version>2.1.0</scala.macros.version>
+                <lightgbm.scope>compile</lightgbm.scope>
                 <maven.compiler.source>${java.version}</maven.compiler.source>
                 <maven.compiler.target>${java.version}</maven.compiler.target>
             </properties>