diff --git a/sdk/cosmos/fabric-cosmos-spark-auth_3/pom.xml b/sdk/cosmos/fabric-cosmos-spark-auth_3/pom.xml
index 1332dd307da6..b8c0497cb98e 100644
--- a/sdk/cosmos/fabric-cosmos-spark-auth_3/pom.xml
+++ b/sdk/cosmos/fabric-cosmos-spark-auth_3/pom.xml
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@
       <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
       <artifactId>slf4j-api</artifactId>
       <version>1.7.36</version> <!-- {x-version-update;org.slf4j:slf4j-api;external_dependency} -->
-      <scope>compile</scope>
+      <scope>provided</scope>
     </dependency>
   </dependencies>