diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 06a7b36..612ff16 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -132,6 +132,8 @@
             <groupId>org.jspecify</groupId>
             <artifactId>jspecify</artifactId>
             <version>1.0.0</version>
+            <scope>provided</scope>
+            <optional>true</optional>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.json</groupId>