diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 531ab1b..636bb35 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
             <groupId>commons-cli</groupId>
             <artifactId>commons-cli</artifactId>
             <version>1.8.0</version>
+            <optional>true</optional>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.eclipse.jgit</groupId>