diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index c3142108f0..21b0248872 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
     <artifactId>google-cloud-shared-config</artifactId>
-    <version>1.5.0</version>
+    <version>1.5.3</version>
   </parent>
   <developers>
     <developer>
@@ -107,10 +107,6 @@
       <groupId>com.google.api.grpc</groupId>
       <artifactId>proto-google-common-protos</artifactId>
     </dependency>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>com.google.api</groupId>
-      <artifactId>gax</artifactId>
-    </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
       <artifactId>google-cloud-spanner</artifactId>
@@ -176,6 +172,11 @@
           </exclusion>
         </exclusions>
     </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>com.google.api</groupId>
+      <artifactId>gax</artifactId>
+      <scope>test</scope>
+    </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.hamcrest</groupId>
       <artifactId>hamcrest</artifactId>