diff --git a/springdoc-openapi-data-rest/pom.xml b/springdoc-openapi-data-rest/pom.xml
index c04f3c857..4392f5e69 100644
--- a/springdoc-openapi-data-rest/pom.xml
+++ b/springdoc-openapi-data-rest/pom.xml
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@
 			<groupId>org.springdoc</groupId>
 			<artifactId>springdoc-openapi-webmvc-core</artifactId>
 			<version>${project.version}</version>
+			<optional>true</optional>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
@@ -64,4 +65,4 @@
 			</plugin>
 		</plugins>
 	</build>
-</project>
\ No newline at end of file
+</project>