diff --git a/lib/taskana-core-test/pom.xml b/lib/taskana-core-test/pom.xml
index 539558f33..09f8bc6c2 100644
--- a/lib/taskana-core-test/pom.xml
+++ b/lib/taskana-core-test/pom.xml
@@ -47,16 +47,6 @@
       <artifactId>assertj-core</artifactId>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>com.h2database</groupId>
-      <artifactId>h2</artifactId>
-      <scope>test</scope>
-    </dependency>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>org.postgresql</groupId>
-      <artifactId>postgresql</artifactId>
-      <scope>test</scope>
-    </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.tngtech.archunit</groupId>
       <artifactId>archunit</artifactId>
@@ -75,12 +65,6 @@
       <version>${version.equalsverifier}</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>com.ibm.db2</groupId>
-      <artifactId>jcc</artifactId>
-      <version>${version.db2}</version>
-      <scope>test</scope>
-    </dependency>
   </dependencies>
 
 </project>
diff --git a/lib/taskana-test-api/pom.xml b/lib/taskana-test-api/pom.xml
index b19e7db04..18292f41c 100644
--- a/lib/taskana-test-api/pom.xml
+++ b/lib/taskana-test-api/pom.xml
@@ -59,6 +59,19 @@
         </exclusion>
       </exclusions>
     </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>com.h2database</groupId>
+      <artifactId>h2</artifactId>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.postgresql</groupId>
+      <artifactId>postgresql</artifactId>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>com.ibm.db2</groupId>
+      <artifactId>jcc</artifactId>
+      <version>${version.db2}</version>
+    </dependency>
     <!-- test dependencies -->
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.assertj</groupId>
@@ -70,22 +83,6 @@
       <artifactId>slf4j-simple</artifactId>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>com.h2database</groupId>
-      <artifactId>h2</artifactId>
-      <scope>test</scope>
-    </dependency>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>org.postgresql</groupId>
-      <artifactId>postgresql</artifactId>
-      <scope>test</scope>
-    </dependency>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>com.ibm.db2</groupId>
-      <artifactId>jcc</artifactId>
-      <version>${version.db2}</version>
-      <scope>test</scope>
-    </dependency>
   </dependencies>
 
 </project>