diff --git a/cache/pom.xml b/cache/pom.xml
index 3cae4b3fe8..abdf2ea434 100644
--- a/cache/pom.xml
+++ b/cache/pom.xml
@@ -50,6 +50,11 @@
 			<groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
 			<artifactId>slf4j-api</artifactId>
 		</dependency>
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
+			<artifactId>slf4j-simple</artifactId>
+			<optional>true</optional>
+		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
 			<artifactId>commons-compress</artifactId>
@@ -81,11 +86,6 @@
 			<version>4.12</version>
 			<scope>test</scope>
 		</dependency>
-		<dependency>
-			<groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
-			<artifactId>slf4j-simple</artifactId>
-			<scope>test</scope>
-		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>net.runelite.rs</groupId>
 			<artifactId>cache</artifactId>