diff --git a/extensions/smallrye-graphql-client/deployment/pom.xml b/extensions/smallrye-graphql-client/deployment/pom.xml
index 8db92b9060181..5e346e581b396 100644
--- a/extensions/smallrye-graphql-client/deployment/pom.xml
+++ b/extensions/smallrye-graphql-client/deployment/pom.xml
@@ -27,12 +27,12 @@
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>io.quarkus</groupId>
-            <artifactId>quarkus-rest-client-deployment</artifactId>
+            <artifactId>quarkus-junit5-internal</artifactId>
+            <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
-
         <dependency>
             <groupId>io.quarkus</groupId>
-            <artifactId>quarkus-junit5-internal</artifactId>
+            <artifactId>quarkus-rest-client-deployment</artifactId>
             <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
         <!-- Testing applications act as GraphQL server as well -->
diff --git a/extensions/smallrye-graphql-client/runtime/pom.xml b/extensions/smallrye-graphql-client/runtime/pom.xml
index 0c58d18bf68ea..e06d271b2faa2 100644
--- a/extensions/smallrye-graphql-client/runtime/pom.xml
+++ b/extensions/smallrye-graphql-client/runtime/pom.xml
@@ -27,10 +27,6 @@
             <groupId>io.smallrye</groupId>
             <artifactId>smallrye-graphql-client-implementation-jaxrs</artifactId>
         </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>io.quarkus</groupId>
-            <artifactId>quarkus-rest-client</artifactId>
-        </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>io.smallrye</groupId>
             <artifactId>smallrye-graphql-client-implementation-vertx</artifactId>
diff --git a/integration-tests/smallrye-graphql-client/pom.xml b/integration-tests/smallrye-graphql-client/pom.xml
index 1389db2420840..251d990361c83 100644
--- a/integration-tests/smallrye-graphql-client/pom.xml
+++ b/integration-tests/smallrye-graphql-client/pom.xml
@@ -22,6 +22,11 @@
             <artifactId>quarkus-smallrye-graphql-client</artifactId>
         </dependency>
 
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>io.quarkus</groupId>
+            <artifactId>quarkus-rest-client-deployment</artifactId>
+            <scope>test</scope>
+        </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>io.quarkus</groupId>
             <artifactId>quarkus-junit5</artifactId>