diff --git a/spring-boot-samples/spring-boot-sample-traditional/pom.xml b/spring-boot-samples/spring-boot-sample-traditional/pom.xml
index c91da4ecca2..d6668d6979c 100644
--- a/spring-boot-samples/spring-boot-sample-traditional/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-boot-samples/spring-boot-sample-traditional/pom.xml
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>${project.groupId}</groupId>
 			<artifactId>spring-boot-starter-tomcat</artifactId>
+			<scope>provided</scope>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.apache.tomcat.embed</groupId>