diff --git a/flink-contrib/flink-storm/pom.xml b/flink-contrib/flink-storm/pom.xml
index ec34ba991585c..5189b3b535332 100644
--- a/flink-contrib/flink-storm/pom.xml
+++ b/flink-contrib/flink-storm/pom.xml
@@ -164,6 +164,12 @@ under the License.
 			</exclusions>
 		</dependency>
 
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>com.googlecode.json-simple</groupId>
+			<artifactId>json-simple</artifactId>
+			<version>1.1</version>
+		</dependency>
+
 		<!-- test dependencies -->
 
 		<dependency>
@@ -173,11 +179,6 @@ under the License.
 			<type>test-jar</type>
 			<scope>test</scope>
 		</dependency>
-		<dependency>
-			<groupId>com.googlecode.json-simple</groupId>
-			<artifactId>json-simple</artifactId>
-			<version>1.1</version>
-		</dependency>
 
 	</dependencies>