diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index c99c9925d..ec3739287 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -134,6 +134,7 @@ along with DependencyCheck.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses />.
                         <configuration>
                             <outputDirectory>${project.build.directory}/lib</outputDirectory>
                             <excludeScope>provided</excludeScope>
+                            <excludeScope>compile</excludeScope>
                         </configuration>
                     </execution>
                 </executions>
@@ -408,6 +409,12 @@ along with DependencyCheck.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses />.
     </build>
 
     <dependencies>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>com.google.code.findbugs</groupId>
+            <artifactId>annotations</artifactId>
+            <version>2.0.1</version>
+            <scope>compile</scope>
+        </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>commons-cli</groupId>
             <artifactId>commons-cli</artifactId>