diff --git a/omnidata/omnidata-spark-connector/connector/pom.xml b/omnidata/omnidata-spark-connector/connector/pom.xml
index 6062530d9b26a1182ed29572f06b5ff811c7eaba..cc59153a7e4776eee6422b01ef6513ed3bd02777 100644
--- a/omnidata/omnidata-spark-connector/connector/pom.xml
+++ b/omnidata/omnidata-spark-connector/connector/pom.xml
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@
             <groupId>io.hetu.core</groupId>
             <artifactId>presto-expressions</artifactId>
             <version>${dep.hetu.version}</version>
+            <scope>provided</scope>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.spark</groupId>