diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 9e890e886f..0e0b19be04 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -210,6 +210,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.jenkins-ci.plugins</groupId>
       <artifactId>trilead-api</artifactId>
+      <optional>true</optional>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.googlecode.json-simple</groupId>