diff --git a/knowledge-directory/pom.xml b/knowledge-directory/pom.xml
index dfa140ec3..350e4696c 100644
--- a/knowledge-directory/pom.xml
+++ b/knowledge-directory/pom.xml
@@ -124,7 +124,6 @@
 			<groupId>jakarta.validation</groupId>
 			<artifactId>jakarta.validation-api</artifactId>
 			<version>${beanvalidation-version}</version>
-			<scope>provided</scope>
 		</dependency>
 
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