diff --git a/sdk/spring/spring-cloud-azure-testcontainers/pom.xml b/sdk/spring/spring-cloud-azure-testcontainers/pom.xml
index 9b078e99a396..ab087df5becc 100644
--- a/sdk/spring/spring-cloud-azure-testcontainers/pom.xml
+++ b/sdk/spring/spring-cloud-azure-testcontainers/pom.xml
@@ -94,16 +94,19 @@
       <groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
       <artifactId>commons-lang3</artifactId>
       <version>3.17.0</version> <!-- {x-version-update;springboot3_org.apache.commons:commons-lang3;external_dependency} -->
+      <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.testcontainers</groupId>
       <artifactId>testcontainers</artifactId>
       <version>2.0.3</version> <!-- {x-version-update;springboot3_org.testcontainers:testcontainers;external_dependency} -->
+      <optional>true</optional>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.testcontainers</groupId>
       <artifactId>testcontainers-azure</artifactId>
       <version>2.0.3</version> <!-- {x-version-update;springboot3_org.testcontainers:testcontainers-azure;external_dependency} -->
+      <optional>true</optional>
     </dependency>
     <!-- Added this dependency to include necessary annotations used by reactor core.
         Without this dependency, javadoc throws a warning as it cannot find enum When.MAYBE