diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 0239e1827d..dd51149073 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -184,6 +184,7 @@
             <groupId>org.apache.dubbo</groupId>
             <artifactId>dubbo-annotation-processor</artifactId>
             <version>${dubbo_annotation_processor_version}</version>
+            <optional>true</optional>
         </dependency>
 
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