diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index cf40b4589e..f756dd4cb4 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -768,6 +768,12 @@
                 <artifactId>gson</artifactId>
                 <version>2.8.9</version>
             </dependency>
+            <dependency>
+                <groupId>com.google.guava</groupId>
+                <artifactId>guava</artifactId>
+                <!-- using 31.0.1-android flavor instead of 31.0.1-jre, so that we are compatible with java7 -->
+                <version>31.0.1-android</version>
+            </dependency>
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>org.yaml</groupId>
                 <artifactId>snakeyaml</artifactId>
@@ -803,14 +809,6 @@
                 <scope>test</scope>
             </dependency>
 
-            <dependency>
-                <groupId>com.google.guava</groupId>
-                <artifactId>guava</artifactId>
-                <!-- using 31.0.1-android flavor instead of 31.0.1-jre, so that we are compatible with java7 -->
-                <version>31.0.1-android</version>
-                <scope>test</scope>
-            </dependency>
-
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>org.hamcrest</groupId>
                 <artifactId>hamcrest</artifactId>