diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 09ca416..c9e6a90 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -73,23 +73,22 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>io.micronaut</groupId>
             <artifactId>micronaut-inject</artifactId>
-            <scope>compile</scope>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>ch.qos.logback</groupId>
             <artifactId>logback-classic</artifactId>
             <scope>runtime</scope>
         </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>io.micronaut</groupId>
+            <artifactId>micronaut-aop</artifactId>
+            <optional>true</optional>
+        </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>io.micronaut.test</groupId>
             <artifactId>micronaut-test-junit5</artifactId>
             <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>io.micronaut</groupId>
-            <artifactId>micronaut-aop</artifactId>
-            <scope>compile</scope>
-        </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.junit.jupiter</groupId>
             <artifactId>junit-jupiter-api</artifactId>