diff --git a/paper-api/pom.xml b/paper-api/pom.xml
index 06f8ed6949..0ab2a10808 100644
--- a/paper-api/pom.xml
+++ b/paper-api/pom.xml
@@ -69,7 +69,8 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>com.google.code.gson</groupId>
             <artifactId>gson</artifactId>
-          <version>2.2.4</version>
+            <version>2.2.4</version>
+            <scope>compile</scope>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.avaje</groupId>