diff --git a/asyncapi-core/pom.xml b/asyncapi-core/pom.xml
index 845eaae4..144288f7 100644
--- a/asyncapi-core/pom.xml
+++ b/asyncapi-core/pom.xml
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.jetbrains.kotlin</groupId>
             <artifactId>kotlin-test</artifactId>
+            <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.module</groupId>