diff --git a/loki-log4j2-appender/pom.xml b/loki-log4j2-appender/pom.xml
index c52c091..8a4861d 100644
--- a/loki-log4j2-appender/pom.xml
+++ b/loki-log4j2-appender/pom.xml
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@
             <scope>provided</scope>
         </dependency>
 
+        <!-- Test dependencies -->
         <dependency>
             <groupId>com.google.code.java-allocation-instrumenter</groupId>
             <artifactId>java-allocation-instrumenter</artifactId>
@@ -60,6 +61,7 @@
             <groupId>org.assertj</groupId>
             <artifactId>assertj-core</artifactId>
             <version>3.15.0</version>
+            <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
@@ -131,10 +133,9 @@
                         </goals>
                         <configuration>
                             <artifactSet>
-                                <includes>
-                                    <include>org.agrona:agrona</include>
-                                    <include>io.netty:netty-codec-http</include>
-                                </includes>
+                                <excludes>
+                                    <exclude>org.apache.logging.log4j</exclude>
+                                </excludes>
                             </artifactSet>
                             <minimizeJar>true</minimizeJar>
                             <relocations>
diff --git a/tjahzi-core/pom.xml b/tjahzi-core/pom.xml
index d519d66..392abcb 100644
--- a/tjahzi-core/pom.xml
+++ b/tjahzi-core/pom.xml
@@ -25,6 +25,15 @@
             <version>4.1.52.Final</version>
         </dependency>
 
+        <!-- For the example metric consumer -->
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>io.dropwizard.metrics</groupId>
+            <artifactId>metrics-core</artifactId>
+            <version>4.1.17</version>
+            <scope>provided</scope>
+        </dependency>
+
+        <!-- Test dependencies -->
         <dependency>
             <groupId>pl.tkowalcz</groupId>
             <artifactId>loki-protobuf</artifactId>
@@ -70,13 +79,6 @@
             <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
 
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>io.dropwizard.metrics</groupId>
-            <artifactId>metrics-core</artifactId>
-            <version>4.1.17</version>
-            <scope>provided</scope>
-        </dependency>
-
         <!-- Testcontainers -->
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.junit.jupiter</groupId>