diff --git a/independent-projects/resteasy-reactive/pom.xml b/independent-projects/resteasy-reactive/pom.xml
index 587eb7e05c66be..16416842c01be7 100644
--- a/independent-projects/resteasy-reactive/pom.xml
+++ b/independent-projects/resteasy-reactive/pom.xml
@@ -353,7 +353,6 @@
                 <groupId>org.jboss.spec.javax.xml.bind</groupId>
                 <artifactId>jboss-jaxb-api_2.3_spec</artifactId>
                 <version>${jboss-jaxb-api_2.3_spec.version}</version>
-                <scope>test</scope>
             </dependency>
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>jakarta.validation</groupId>