diff --git a/components/certificate-mgt/org.wso2.carbon.certificate.mgt.core/pom.xml b/components/certificate-mgt/org.wso2.carbon.certificate.mgt.core/pom.xml
index d522e2b2235..8f3fcc98979 100644
--- a/components/certificate-mgt/org.wso2.carbon.certificate.mgt.core/pom.xml
+++ b/components/certificate-mgt/org.wso2.carbon.certificate.mgt.core/pom.xml
@@ -175,7 +175,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.powermock</groupId>
             <artifactId>powermock-module-testng</artifactId>
-            <version>1.7.0</version>
+            <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.wso2.carbon</groupId>