diff --git a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-net/pom.xml b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-net/pom.xml
index f1cdbf8..fbe7a5b 100644
--- a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-net/pom.xml
+++ b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-net/pom.xml
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@
       <groupId>org.apache.hyracks</groupId>
       <artifactId>hyracks-ipc</artifactId>
       <version>${project.version}</version>
+      <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>junit</groupId>