diff --git a/geomesa-fs/geomesa-fs-storage/geomesa-fs-storage-parquet/pom.xml b/geomesa-fs/geomesa-fs-storage/geomesa-fs-storage-parquet/pom.xml
index e0999804c4af..4b0d1972ad03 100644
--- a/geomesa-fs/geomesa-fs-storage/geomesa-fs-storage-parquet/pom.xml
+++ b/geomesa-fs/geomesa-fs-storage/geomesa-fs-storage-parquet/pom.xml
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>com.networknt</groupId>
             <artifactId>json-schema-validator</artifactId>
+            <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
 
         <!-- Test dependencies -->
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index c085f986f37b..c1b43412abc3 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -1360,7 +1360,6 @@
                 <groupId>com.networknt</groupId>
                 <artifactId>json-schema-validator</artifactId>
                 <version>1.4.0</version>
-                <scope>test</scope>
             </dependency>
 
             <dependency>