diff --git a/boot/ipf-atna-spring-boot-starter/pom.xml b/boot/ipf-atna-spring-boot-starter/pom.xml
index 4266b67eed..4c9ad1af90 100644
--- a/boot/ipf-atna-spring-boot-starter/pom.xml
+++ b/boot/ipf-atna-spring-boot-starter/pom.xml
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.openehealth.ipf.commons</groupId>
             <artifactId>ipf-commons-ihe-fhir-r4-core</artifactId>
+            <optional>true</optional>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
@@ -56,6 +57,8 @@
             <artifactId>spring-security-web</artifactId>
             <optional>true</optional>
         </dependency>
+
+        <!-- dependencies for test -->
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
             <artifactId>spring-boot-test</artifactId>
diff --git a/commons/audit/pom.xml b/commons/audit/pom.xml
index 2b4ab1f61b..b5da03d076 100644
--- a/commons/audit/pom.xml
+++ b/commons/audit/pom.xml
@@ -39,7 +39,10 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>ca.uhn.hapi.fhir</groupId>
             <artifactId>hapi-fhir-base</artifactId>
+            <optional>true</optional>
         </dependency>
+
+        <!-- dependencies for test -->
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.mockito</groupId>
             <artifactId>mockito-core</artifactId>