diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index a37fc8ad4..ab9ed68ed 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -238,6 +238,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.wso2.carbon.devicemgt</groupId>
             <artifactId>org.wso2.carbon.apimgt.annotations</artifactId>
+			<scope>provided</scope>
         </dependency>
     </dependencies>
 	<build>