diff --git a/.build/cassandra-build-deps-template.xml b/.build/cassandra-build-deps-template.xml
index 7ccfc9062f..357325f8be 100644
--- a/.build/cassandra-build-deps-template.xml
+++ b/.build/cassandra-build-deps-template.xml
@@ -26,6 +26,10 @@
   <artifactId>cassandra-build-deps</artifactId>
   <version>@version@</version>
   <dependencies>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.assertj</groupId>
+      <artifactId>assertj-core</artifactId>
+    </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>junit</groupId>
       <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
diff --git a/.build/cassandra-deps-template.xml b/.build/cassandra-deps-template.xml
index 5e3ebc0e58..85e6609b69 100644
--- a/.build/cassandra-deps-template.xml
+++ b/.build/cassandra-deps-template.xml
@@ -336,10 +336,6 @@
       <groupId>net.ju-n.compile-command-annotations</groupId>
       <artifactId>compile-command-annotations</artifactId>
     </dependency>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>org.assertj</groupId>
-      <artifactId>assertj-core</artifactId>
-    </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.jboss.byteman</groupId>
       <artifactId>byteman-install</artifactId>
diff --git a/.build/parent-pom-template.xml b/.build/parent-pom-template.xml
index 4c54e5d94b..d0d69171a5 100644
--- a/.build/parent-pom-template.xml
+++ b/.build/parent-pom-template.xml
@@ -1056,7 +1056,7 @@
         <groupId>org.assertj</groupId>
         <artifactId>assertj-core</artifactId>
         <version>3.15.0</version>
-        <scope>provided</scope>
+        <scope>test</scope>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.awaitility</groupId>
diff --git a/src/java/org/apache/cassandra/hints/Hint.java b/src/java/org/apache/cassandra/hints/Hint.java
index c68c26640f..e2e74ee6f5 100644
--- a/src/java/org/apache/cassandra/hints/Hint.java
+++ b/src/java/org/apache/cassandra/hints/Hint.java
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ import java.io.IOException;
 import java.nio.ByteBuffer;
 import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
 
+import com.google.common.annotations.VisibleForTesting;
 import com.google.common.base.Throwables;
 import com.google.common.primitives.Ints;
 
@@ -35,7 +36,6 @@ import org.apache.cassandra.schema.TableId;
 import org.apache.cassandra.utils.concurrent.Future;
 import org.apache.cassandra.utils.concurrent.ImmediateFuture;
 import org.apache.cassandra.utils.vint.VIntCoding;
-import org.assertj.core.util.VisibleForTesting;
 
 import static org.apache.cassandra.config.CassandraRelevantProperties.CASSANDRA_MAX_HINT_TTL;
 import static org.apache.cassandra.db.TypeSizes.sizeof;
diff --git a/src/java/org/apache/cassandra/net/BufferPoolAllocator.java b/src/java/org/apache/cassandra/net/BufferPoolAllocator.java
index 145d03de05..8c55133e3f 100644
--- a/src/java/org/apache/cassandra/net/BufferPoolAllocator.java
+++ b/src/java/org/apache/cassandra/net/BufferPoolAllocator.java
@@ -19,6 +19,8 @@ package org.apache.cassandra.net;
 
 import java.nio.ByteBuffer;
 
+import com.google.common.annotations.VisibleForTesting;
+
 import io.netty.buffer.AbstractByteBufAllocator;
 import io.netty.buffer.ByteBuf;
 import io.netty.buffer.Unpooled;
@@ -26,7 +28,6 @@ import io.netty.buffer.UnpooledUnsafeDirectByteBuf;
 import org.apache.cassandra.io.compress.BufferType;
 import org.apache.cassandra.utils.memory.BufferPool;
 import org.apache.cassandra.utils.memory.BufferPools;
-import org.assertj.core.util.VisibleForTesting;
 
 import static java.lang.Integer.max;
 
diff --git a/src/java/org/apache/cassandra/service/reads/range/RangeCommands.java b/src/java/org/apache/cassandra/service/reads/range/RangeCommands.java
index ca1ceebe76..d5d64c0f0b 100644
--- a/src/java/org/apache/cassandra/service/reads/range/RangeCommands.java
+++ b/src/java/org/apache/cassandra/service/reads/range/RangeCommands.java
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
 
 package org.apache.cassandra.service.reads.range;
 
+import com.google.common.annotations.VisibleForTesting;
 import org.slf4j.Logger;
 import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
 
@@ -35,7 +36,6 @@ import org.apache.cassandra.locator.ReplicaPlans;
 import org.apache.cassandra.schema.TableMetadata;
 import org.apache.cassandra.tracing.Tracing;
 import org.apache.cassandra.utils.FBUtilities;
-import org.assertj.core.util.VisibleForTesting;
 
 public class RangeCommands
 {