diff --git a/redback-common/redback-common-jpa/pom.xml b/redback-common/redback-common-jpa/pom.xml
index deccc5a5..7dbac5fb 100644
--- a/redback-common/redback-common-jpa/pom.xml
+++ b/redback-common/redback-common-jpa/pom.xml
@@ -71,6 +71,7 @@
           <artifactId>geronimo-jta_1.1_spec</artifactId>
         </exclusion>
       </exclusions>
+      <scope>runtime</scope>
     </dependency>
 
     <dependency>