diff --git a/openjpa-persistence-locking/pom.xml b/openjpa-persistence-locking/pom.xml
index 9908192a1..e6b42dfd3 100644
--- a/openjpa-persistence-locking/pom.xml
+++ b/openjpa-persistence-locking/pom.xml
@@ -694,9 +694,10 @@
             <groupId>org.apache.openjpa</groupId>
             <artifactId>openjpa-persistence-jdbc</artifactId>
             <version>${project.version}</version>
-            <classifier>test-base</classifier>
-            <!-- <type>test-jar</type> -->
+            <!-- <classifier>test-base</classifier> -->
+            <type>test-jar</type>
             <scope>test</scope>
+            <optional>true</optional>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>commons-dbcp</groupId>