diff --git a/jvm-packages/xgboost4j-example/pom.xml b/jvm-packages/xgboost4j-example/pom.xml
index e4670dee9..504983e1a 100644
--- a/jvm-packages/xgboost4j-example/pom.xml
+++ b/jvm-packages/xgboost4j-example/pom.xml
@@ -28,6 +28,12 @@
             <artifactId>xgboost4j-spark</artifactId>
             <version>0.5</version>
         </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.apache.spark</groupId>
+            <artifactId>spark-mllib_${scala.binary.version}</artifactId>
+            <version>${spark.version}</version>
+            <scope>provided</scope>
+        </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>ml.dmlc</groupId>
             <artifactId>xgboost4j-flink</artifactId>
@@ -39,4 +45,4 @@
             <version>3.4</version>
         </dependency>
     </dependencies>
-</project>
\ No newline at end of file
+</project>
diff --git a/jvm-packages/xgboost4j-spark/pom.xml b/jvm-packages/xgboost4j-spark/pom.xml
index 120616c58..356ba9f41 100644
--- a/jvm-packages/xgboost4j-spark/pom.xml
+++ b/jvm-packages/xgboost4j-spark/pom.xml
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@
             <groupId>org.apache.spark</groupId>
             <artifactId>spark-mllib_${scala.binary.version}</artifactId>
             <version>${spark.version}</version>
+            <scope>provided</scope>
         </dependency>
     </dependencies>
-</project>
\ No newline at end of file
+</project>