diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 9ececabb3..5912f542b 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -327,12 +327,14 @@
             <groupId>redis.clients</groupId>
             <artifactId>jedis</artifactId>
             <version>${jedis.version}</version>
+            <optional>true</optional>
         </dependency>
 
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
             <artifactId>commons-pool2</artifactId>
             <version>${jedis-commons-pool2.version}</version>
+            <optional>true</optional>
         </dependency>
 
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