diff --git a/.github/workflows/build.yml b/.github/workflows/build.yml
index d99fabe5a0a39..2fb3a8afdea12 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build.yml
@@ -17,15 +17,6 @@ jobs:
         with:
           java-version: '14'
           distribution: 'adopt'
-      - name: Checkout OpenSearch
-        uses: actions/checkout@v2
-        with:
-          repository: 'opensearch-project/OpenSearch'
-          path: OpenSearch
-          ref: '1.0.0'
-      - name: Build OpenSearch
-        working-directory: ./OpenSearch
-        run: ./gradlew publishToMavenLocal
       - name: Checkout Branch
         uses: actions/checkout@v2
       - name: Run Docker
diff --git a/.github/workflows/checkstyle.yml b/.github/workflows/checkstyle.yml
index 0a2299f3fa0d7..753d65053cc63 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/checkstyle.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/checkstyle.yml
@@ -13,18 +13,7 @@ jobs:
         with:
           java-version: '14'
           distribution: 'adopt'
-      - name: Checkout OpenSearch
-        uses: actions/checkout@v2
-        with:
-          repository: 'opensearch-project/OpenSearch'
-          path: OpenSearch
-          ref: '1.0.0'
-      - name: Build OpenSearch
-        working-directory: ./OpenSearch
-        run: ./gradlew publishToMavenLocal
-
       - uses: actions/checkout@v2
-
       - name: Check style and license headers
         run: |
           ./gradlew checkstyleMain checkstyleTest
diff --git a/java-client/build.gradle.kts b/java-client/build.gradle.kts
index 44206e290bde6..c120f2c142483 100644
--- a/java-client/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/java-client/build.gradle.kts
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ dependencies {
 
     // Apache 2.0
     implementation("org.opensearch.client", "opensearch-rest-client", opensearchVersion)
-    implementation("org.opensearch.test", "framework", opensearchVersion)
+    testImplementation("org.opensearch.test", "framework", opensearchVersion)
 
     // Apache 2.0
     // https://search.maven.org/artifact/com.google.code.findbugs/jsr305