diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index b1e25ec..5458179 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -460,7 +460,7 @@
                 <artifactId>cdi-api</artifactId>
                 <version>2.0</version>
                 <optional>true</optional>
-                <scope>compile</scope>
+                <scope>provided</scope>
             </dependency>
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>org.glassfish</groupId>