diff --git a/flink-connector-elasticsearch-base/pom.xml b/flink-connector-elasticsearch-base/pom.xml
index f859b1b4..8a930bfb 100644
--- a/flink-connector-elasticsearch-base/pom.xml
+++ b/flink-connector-elasticsearch-base/pom.xml
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ under the License.
 			<groupId>org.apache.flink</groupId>
 			<artifactId>flink-connector-base</artifactId>
 			<version>${flink.version}</version>
+			<scope>provided</scope>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.apache.flink</groupId>
diff --git a/flink-connector-elasticsearch-e2e-tests/flink-connector-elasticsearch-e2e-tests-common/pom.xml b/flink-connector-elasticsearch-e2e-tests/flink-connector-elasticsearch-e2e-tests-common/pom.xml
index 4f47574d..2716b9a1 100644
--- a/flink-connector-elasticsearch-e2e-tests/flink-connector-elasticsearch-e2e-tests-common/pom.xml
+++ b/flink-connector-elasticsearch-e2e-tests/flink-connector-elasticsearch-e2e-tests-common/pom.xml
@@ -58,6 +58,13 @@ under the License.
 			<version>${flink.version}</version>
 			<type>test-jar</type>
 		</dependency>
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>org.apache.flink</groupId>
+			<artifactId>flink-connector-base</artifactId>
+			<version>${flink.version}</version>
+			<scope>test</scope>
+			<type>test-jar</type>
+		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.apache.flink</groupId>
 			<artifactId>flink-connector-elasticsearch-base</artifactId>
@@ -83,6 +90,12 @@ under the License.
 			<artifactId>flink-table-api-java-bridge</artifactId>
 			<version>${flink.version}</version>
 		</dependency>
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>org.apache.flink</groupId>
+			<artifactId>flink-connector-base</artifactId>
+			<version>${flink.version}</version>
+			<scope>test</scope>
+		</dependency>
 	</dependencies>
 
 </project>