diff --git a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-dataflow-common/pom.xml b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-dataflow-common/pom.xml
index 6bb86ef..4978e85 100644
--- a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-dataflow-common/pom.xml
+++ b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-dataflow-common/pom.xml
@@ -69,6 +69,7 @@
       <groupId>org.apache.hyracks</groupId>
       <artifactId>hyracks-control-nc</artifactId>
       <version>${project.version}</version>
+      <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>commons-io</groupId>