diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index af2d7911b30..0703c3e4a1a 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -1057,7 +1057,7 @@
         <artifactId>hbase-annotations</artifactId>
         <version>${project.version}</version>
         <type>test-jar</type>
-        <scope>test</scope>
+        <!--Was test scope only but if we want to run hbase-it tests, need the annotations test jar-->
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.apache.hbase</groupId>