diff --git a/datamodel/openapi/openapi-core/pom.xml b/datamodel/openapi/openapi-core/pom.xml
index 5c43b2765..9df55c0e8 100644
--- a/datamodel/openapi/openapi-core/pom.xml
+++ b/datamodel/openapi/openapi-core/pom.xml
@@ -59,12 +59,10 @@
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
 			<artifactId>spring-core</artifactId>
-			<optional>true</optional>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
 			<artifactId>spring-web</artifactId>
-			<optional>true</optional>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.core</groupId>