diff --git a/extensions/throwingproviders/pom.xml b/extensions/throwingproviders/pom.xml
index 2ef89f3848..762d5b7cf9 100644
--- a/extensions/throwingproviders/pom.xml
+++ b/extensions/throwingproviders/pom.xml
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.google.code.findbugs</groupId>
       <artifactId>jsr305</artifactId>
+      <optional>true</optional>
     </dependency>
   </dependencies>
 </project>