diff --git a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-tools/spring-boot-test-support/pom.xml b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-tools/spring-boot-test-support/pom.xml
index 150dab46f34..a5f39cca3eb 100644
--- a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-tools/spring-boot-test-support/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-tools/spring-boot-test-support/pom.xml
@@ -74,10 +74,12 @@
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>com.datastax.cassandra</groupId>
 			<artifactId>cassandra-driver-core</artifactId>
+			<optional>true</optional>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.neo4j</groupId>
 			<artifactId>neo4j-ogm-core</artifactId>
+			<optional>true</optional>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>javax.servlet</groupId>
@@ -102,6 +104,7 @@
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.testcontainers</groupId>
 			<artifactId>testcontainers</artifactId>
+			<optional>true</optional>
 		</dependency>
 		<!-- Provided -->
 		<dependency>