diff --git a/declarative/persistence-jakarta/pom.xml b/declarative/persistence-jakarta/pom.xml
index 2272626..889ff07 100644
--- a/declarative/persistence-jakarta/pom.xml
+++ b/declarative/persistence-jakarta/pom.xml
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@
             <groupId>${project.groupId}</groupId>
             <artifactId>blaze-expression-persistence</artifactId>
             <version>${project.version}</version>
+            <scope>provided</scope>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>${project.groupId}</groupId>