diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 5d5b14484..d46441bdb 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -128,6 +128,7 @@
             <groupId>com.koloboke</groupId>
             <artifactId>koloboke-impl-jdk8</artifactId>
             <version>1.0.0</version>
+            <scope>runtime</scope>
         </dependency>
     </dependencies>