diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 6b78f6126..0841dd9be 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -56,13 +56,13 @@
             <groupId>org.xerial</groupId>
             <artifactId>sqlite-jdbc</artifactId>
             <version>3.20.1</version>
-            <scope>compile</scope>
+            <scope>runtime</scope>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>mysql</groupId>
             <artifactId>mysql-connector-java</artifactId>
             <version>5.1.44</version>
-            <scope>compile</scope>
+            <scope>runtime</scope>
         </dependency>
         <!-- testing -->
         <dependency>