diff --git a/querydsl-hibernate-search/pom.xml b/querydsl-hibernate-search/pom.xml
index c0f621709..c7117e238 100644
--- a/querydsl-hibernate-search/pom.xml
+++ b/querydsl-hibernate-search/pom.xml
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@
       <groupId>jakarta.persistence</groupId>
       <artifactId>jakarta.persistence-api</artifactId>
       <version>2.2.3</version>
-      <scope>compile</scope>
+      <scope>provided</scope>
     </dependency>
 
     <dependency>