diff --git a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/pom.xml b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/pom.xml
index 54d1cddb8a4..92582aede6a 100644
--- a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/pom.xml
+++ b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/pom.xml
@@ -235,6 +235,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.jcraft</groupId>
       <artifactId>jsch</artifactId>
+      <scope>provided</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.curator</groupId>