diff --git a/flink-connectors/flink-connector-base/pom.xml b/flink-connectors/flink-connector-base/pom.xml
index 315859c59aa88..8cf20c90a78ac 100644
--- a/flink-connectors/flink-connector-base/pom.xml
+++ b/flink-connectors/flink-connector-base/pom.xml
@@ -65,12 +65,5 @@
 			<version>${project.version}</version>
 			<scope>test</scope>
 		</dependency>
-
-		<dependency>
-			<groupId>org.apache.flink</groupId>
-			<artifactId>flink-statebackend-changelog</artifactId>
-			<version>${project.version}</version>
-			<scope>test</scope>
-		</dependency>
 	</dependencies>
 </project>
diff --git a/flink-connectors/flink-connector-elasticsearch5/pom.xml b/flink-connectors/flink-connector-elasticsearch5/pom.xml
index 2f08426597a5a..460aee5dbaced 100644
--- a/flink-connectors/flink-connector-elasticsearch5/pom.xml
+++ b/flink-connectors/flink-connector-elasticsearch5/pom.xml
@@ -133,13 +133,6 @@ under the License.
 			<scope>test</scope>
 		</dependency>
 
-		<dependency>
-			<groupId>org.apache.flink</groupId>
-			<artifactId>flink-statebackend-changelog</artifactId>
-			<version>${project.version}</version>
-			<scope>test</scope>
-		</dependency>
-
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.apache.flink</groupId>
 			<artifactId>flink-streaming-java_${scala.binary.version}</artifactId>
diff --git a/flink-connectors/flink-connector-elasticsearch6/pom.xml b/flink-connectors/flink-connector-elasticsearch6/pom.xml
index d2a56ae8d6286..6790c36d61cdf 100644
--- a/flink-connectors/flink-connector-elasticsearch6/pom.xml
+++ b/flink-connectors/flink-connector-elasticsearch6/pom.xml
@@ -109,13 +109,6 @@ under the License.
 			<type>test-jar</type>
 		</dependency>
 
-		<dependency>
-			<groupId>org.apache.flink</groupId>
-			<artifactId>flink-statebackend-changelog</artifactId>
-			<version>${project.version}</version>
-			<scope>test</scope>
-		</dependency>
-
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.apache.flink</groupId>
 			<artifactId>flink-connector-elasticsearch-base_${scala.binary.version}</artifactId>
diff --git a/flink-connectors/flink-connector-elasticsearch7/pom.xml b/flink-connectors/flink-connector-elasticsearch7/pom.xml
index 90b5da2e76e13..de02b967289cf 100644
--- a/flink-connectors/flink-connector-elasticsearch7/pom.xml
+++ b/flink-connectors/flink-connector-elasticsearch7/pom.xml
@@ -107,13 +107,6 @@ under the License.
 			<type>test-jar</type>
 		</dependency>
 
-		<dependency>
-			<groupId>org.apache.flink</groupId>
-			<artifactId>flink-statebackend-changelog</artifactId>
-			<version>${project.version}</version>
-			<scope>test</scope>
-		</dependency>
-
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.apache.flink</groupId>
 			<artifactId>flink-connector-elasticsearch-base_${scala.binary.version}</artifactId>
diff --git a/flink-connectors/flink-connector-files/pom.xml b/flink-connectors/flink-connector-files/pom.xml
index 3afc497f89c82..ba8e63b38cebc 100644
--- a/flink-connectors/flink-connector-files/pom.xml
+++ b/flink-connectors/flink-connector-files/pom.xml
@@ -105,13 +105,6 @@ under the License.
 			<scope>test</scope>
 		</dependency>
 
-		<dependency>
-			<groupId>org.apache.flink</groupId>
-			<artifactId>flink-statebackend-changelog</artifactId>
-			<version>${project.version}</version>
-			<scope>test</scope>
-		</dependency>
-
 	</dependencies>
 
 	<build>
diff --git a/flink-connectors/flink-connector-hbase-1.4/pom.xml b/flink-connectors/flink-connector-hbase-1.4/pom.xml
index d7baf0c06bd60..3aa80b1e7cac9 100644
--- a/flink-connectors/flink-connector-hbase-1.4/pom.xml
+++ b/flink-connectors/flink-connector-hbase-1.4/pom.xml
@@ -346,13 +346,6 @@ under the License.
 			</exclusions>
 		</dependency>
 
-		<dependency>
-			<groupId>org.apache.flink</groupId>
-			<artifactId>flink-statebackend-changelog</artifactId>
-			<version>${project.version}</version>
-			<scope>test</scope>
-		</dependency>
-
 	</dependencies>
 
 	<profiles>
diff --git a/flink-connectors/flink-connector-hive/pom.xml b/flink-connectors/flink-connector-hive/pom.xml
index 87111afeca3c2..a721c812bb7ea 100644
--- a/flink-connectors/flink-connector-hive/pom.xml
+++ b/flink-connectors/flink-connector-hive/pom.xml
@@ -864,13 +864,6 @@ under the License.
 			<version>${hive.avro.version}</version>
 			<scope>test</scope>
 		</dependency>
-
-		<dependency>
-			<groupId>org.apache.flink</groupId>
-			<artifactId>flink-statebackend-changelog</artifactId>
-			<version>${project.version}</version>
-			<scope>test</scope>
-		</dependency>
 	</dependencies>
 
 	<build>
diff --git a/flink-connectors/flink-connector-jdbc/pom.xml b/flink-connectors/flink-connector-jdbc/pom.xml
index 3783b722c24ae..e21ff579a304d 100644
--- a/flink-connectors/flink-connector-jdbc/pom.xml
+++ b/flink-connectors/flink-connector-jdbc/pom.xml
@@ -70,13 +70,6 @@ under the License.
 			<scope>test</scope>
 		</dependency>
 
-		<dependency>
-			<groupId>org.apache.flink</groupId>
-			<artifactId>flink-statebackend-changelog</artifactId>
-			<version>${project.version}</version>
-			<scope>test</scope>
-		</dependency>
-
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.apache.flink</groupId>
 			<artifactId>flink-table-common</artifactId>
diff --git a/flink-connectors/flink-connector-kafka/pom.xml b/flink-connectors/flink-connector-kafka/pom.xml
index 7759d83bd980e..88676c041209e 100644
--- a/flink-connectors/flink-connector-kafka/pom.xml
+++ b/flink-connectors/flink-connector-kafka/pom.xml
@@ -97,13 +97,6 @@ under the License.
 		</dependency>
 
 
-		<dependency>
-			<groupId>org.apache.flink</groupId>
-			<artifactId>flink-statebackend-changelog</artifactId>
-			<version>${project.version}</version>
-			<scope>test</scope>
-		</dependency>
-
 		<dependency>
 			<!-- include 2.0 server for tests  -->
 			<groupId>org.apache.kafka</groupId>
diff --git a/flink-connectors/flink-connector-kinesis/pom.xml b/flink-connectors/flink-connector-kinesis/pom.xml
index 7b8c349558404..8cf26006bb03e 100644
--- a/flink-connectors/flink-connector-kinesis/pom.xml
+++ b/flink-connectors/flink-connector-kinesis/pom.xml
@@ -185,12 +185,6 @@ under the License.
 			<type>test-jar</type>
 			<scope>test</scope>
 		</dependency>
-		<dependency>
-			<groupId>org.apache.flink</groupId>
-			<artifactId>flink-statebackend-changelog</artifactId>
-			<version>${project.version}</version>
-			<scope>test</scope>
-		</dependency>
 
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.testcontainers</groupId>
diff --git a/flink-connectors/flink-connector-rabbitmq/pom.xml b/flink-connectors/flink-connector-rabbitmq/pom.xml
index a5121349dce5e..2dc6645211ec9 100644
--- a/flink-connectors/flink-connector-rabbitmq/pom.xml
+++ b/flink-connectors/flink-connector-rabbitmq/pom.xml
@@ -63,13 +63,6 @@ under the License.
 			<type>test-jar</type>
 		</dependency>
 
-		<dependency>
-			<groupId>org.apache.flink</groupId>
-			<artifactId>flink-statebackend-changelog</artifactId>
-			<version>${project.version}</version>
-			<scope>test</scope>
-		</dependency>
-
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.apache.flink</groupId>
 			<artifactId>flink-runtime</artifactId>
diff --git a/flink-examples/flink-examples-streaming/pom.xml b/flink-examples/flink-examples-streaming/pom.xml
index 12c861fe7587e..622cbbc5a5679 100644
--- a/flink-examples/flink-examples-streaming/pom.xml
+++ b/flink-examples/flink-examples-streaming/pom.xml
@@ -93,13 +93,6 @@ under the License.
             <version>${project.version}</version>
         </dependency>
 
-		<dependency>
-			<groupId>org.apache.flink</groupId>
-			<artifactId>flink-statebackend-changelog</artifactId>
-			<version>${project.version}</version>
-			<scope>test</scope>
-		</dependency>
-
 		<!-- Dependencies for MatrixVectorMul. We exclude native libraries
 		because it is not available in all the operating systems and architectures. Moreover,
 		we also want to enable users to compile and run MatrixVectorMul in different runtime environments.-->
diff --git a/flink-examples/flink-examples-table/pom.xml b/flink-examples/flink-examples-table/pom.xml
index 368b6418c6291..89d25f94d0eda 100644
--- a/flink-examples/flink-examples-table/pom.xml
+++ b/flink-examples/flink-examples-table/pom.xml
@@ -78,12 +78,6 @@ under the License.
 			<version>${project.version}</version>
 			<scope>test</scope>
 		</dependency>
-		<dependency>
-			<groupId>org.apache.flink</groupId>
-			<artifactId>flink-statebackend-changelog</artifactId>
-			<version>${project.version}</version>
-			<scope>test</scope>
-		</dependency>
 	</dependencies>
 
 	<build>
diff --git a/flink-formats/flink-avro/pom.xml b/flink-formats/flink-avro/pom.xml
index 483e06aeed8d4..9cab97f7cd11f 100644
--- a/flink-formats/flink-avro/pom.xml
+++ b/flink-formats/flink-avro/pom.xml
@@ -139,13 +139,6 @@ under the License.
 			<scope>test</scope>
 		</dependency>
 
-		<dependency>
-			<groupId>org.apache.flink</groupId>
-			<artifactId>flink-statebackend-changelog</artifactId>
-			<version>${project.version}</version>
-			<scope>test</scope>
-		</dependency>
-
 		<!-- Required due to UniqueBucketAssigner -->
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.apache.flink</groupId>
diff --git a/flink-formats/flink-compress/pom.xml b/flink-formats/flink-compress/pom.xml
index 6b43a984b2ee3..693fd9fc08d22 100644
--- a/flink-formats/flink-compress/pom.xml
+++ b/flink-formats/flink-compress/pom.xml
@@ -64,13 +64,6 @@ under the License.
 			<scope>test</scope>
 		</dependency>
 
-		<dependency>
-			<groupId>org.apache.flink</groupId>
-			<artifactId>flink-statebackend-changelog</artifactId>
-			<version>${project.version}</version>
-			<scope>test</scope>
-		</dependency>
-
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.apache.flink</groupId>
 			<artifactId>flink-streaming-java_${scala.binary.version}</artifactId>
diff --git a/flink-formats/flink-csv/pom.xml b/flink-formats/flink-csv/pom.xml
index 23374e6b4b4b5..2c2e8fdde9e98 100644
--- a/flink-formats/flink-csv/pom.xml
+++ b/flink-formats/flink-csv/pom.xml
@@ -75,13 +75,6 @@ under the License.
 			<type>test-jar</type>
 		</dependency>
 
-		<dependency>
-			<groupId>org.apache.flink</groupId>
-			<artifactId>flink-statebackend-changelog</artifactId>
-			<version>${project.version}</version>
-			<scope>test</scope>
-		</dependency>
-
 		<!-- CSV RowData (de)serialization schema testing -->
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.apache.flink</groupId>
diff --git a/flink-formats/flink-hadoop-bulk/pom.xml b/flink-formats/flink-hadoop-bulk/pom.xml
index 1cd70b7f00d77..60c2ebd355f22 100644
--- a/flink-formats/flink-hadoop-bulk/pom.xml
+++ b/flink-formats/flink-hadoop-bulk/pom.xml
@@ -81,13 +81,6 @@ under the License.
 			<scope>test</scope>
 		</dependency>
 
-		<dependency>
-			<groupId>org.apache.flink</groupId>
-			<artifactId>flink-statebackend-changelog</artifactId>
-			<version>${project.version}</version>
-			<scope>test</scope>
-		</dependency>
-
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>
 			<artifactId>hadoop-hdfs</artifactId>
diff --git a/flink-formats/flink-json/pom.xml b/flink-formats/flink-json/pom.xml
index 3a37040f4a278..16d0b27171bec 100644
--- a/flink-formats/flink-json/pom.xml
+++ b/flink-formats/flink-json/pom.xml
@@ -64,13 +64,6 @@ under the License.
 			<scope>provided</scope>
 		</dependency>
 
-		<dependency>
-			<groupId>org.apache.flink</groupId>
-			<artifactId>flink-statebackend-changelog</artifactId>
-			<version>${project.version}</version>
-			<scope>test</scope>
-		</dependency>
-
 		<!-- test dependencies -->
 
 		<!-- JSON table descriptor testing -->
diff --git a/flink-formats/flink-orc/pom.xml b/flink-formats/flink-orc/pom.xml
index feee458ea4042..04785ec67df72 100644
--- a/flink-formats/flink-orc/pom.xml
+++ b/flink-formats/flink-orc/pom.xml
@@ -116,13 +116,6 @@ under the License.
 			<type>test-jar</type>
 		</dependency>
 
-		<dependency>
-			<groupId>org.apache.flink</groupId>
-			<artifactId>flink-statebackend-changelog</artifactId>
-			<version>${project.version}</version>
-			<scope>test</scope>
-		</dependency>
-
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.apache.flink</groupId>
 			<artifactId>flink-table-planner_${scala.binary.version}</artifactId>
diff --git a/flink-formats/flink-parquet/pom.xml b/flink-formats/flink-parquet/pom.xml
index 9c2d819de807b..088eef1555299 100644
--- a/flink-formats/flink-parquet/pom.xml
+++ b/flink-formats/flink-parquet/pom.xml
@@ -172,13 +172,6 @@ under the License.
 			<scope>test</scope>
 		</dependency>
 
-		<dependency>
-			<groupId>org.apache.flink</groupId>
-			<artifactId>flink-statebackend-changelog</artifactId>
-			<version>${project.version}</version>
-			<scope>test</scope>
-		</dependency>
-
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.apache.flink</groupId>
 			<artifactId>flink-connector-files</artifactId>
diff --git a/flink-formats/flink-sequence-file/pom.xml b/flink-formats/flink-sequence-file/pom.xml
index 75b51605700cc..92ec845db27c4 100644
--- a/flink-formats/flink-sequence-file/pom.xml
+++ b/flink-formats/flink-sequence-file/pom.xml
@@ -78,13 +78,6 @@ under the License.
 			<scope>test</scope>
 		</dependency>
 
-		<dependency>
-			<groupId>org.apache.flink</groupId>
-			<artifactId>flink-statebackend-changelog</artifactId>
-			<version>${project.version}</version>
-			<scope>test</scope>
-		</dependency>
-
         <!-- Required due to UniqueBucketAssigner -->
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.flink</groupId>
diff --git a/flink-fs-tests/pom.xml b/flink-fs-tests/pom.xml
index 547acbad92331..33c27edff0048 100644
--- a/flink-fs-tests/pom.xml
+++ b/flink-fs-tests/pom.xml
@@ -56,13 +56,6 @@ under the License.
 			<scope>test</scope>
 		</dependency>
 
-		<dependency>
-			<groupId>org.apache.flink</groupId>
-			<artifactId>flink-statebackend-changelog</artifactId>
-			<version>${project.version}</version>
-			<scope>test</scope>
-		</dependency>
-		
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.apache.flink</groupId>
 			<artifactId>flink-examples-batch_${scala.binary.version}</artifactId>
diff --git a/flink-kubernetes/pom.xml b/flink-kubernetes/pom.xml
index ce2a467fde117..92a921d214e96 100644
--- a/flink-kubernetes/pom.xml
+++ b/flink-kubernetes/pom.xml
@@ -53,13 +53,6 @@ under the License.
 			<scope>provided</scope>
 		</dependency>
 
-		<dependency>
-			<groupId>org.apache.flink</groupId>
-			<artifactId>flink-statebackend-changelog</artifactId>
-			<version>${project.version}</version>
-			<scope>test</scope>
-		</dependency>
-
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.apache.flink</groupId>
 			<artifactId>flink-shaded-jackson</artifactId>
diff --git a/flink-libraries/flink-cep/pom.xml b/flink-libraries/flink-cep/pom.xml
index c334ac2ad68ab..0838109ef448a 100644
--- a/flink-libraries/flink-cep/pom.xml
+++ b/flink-libraries/flink-cep/pom.xml
@@ -104,13 +104,6 @@ under the License.
             <version>${project.version}</version>
             <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
-
-		<dependency>
-			<groupId>org.apache.flink</groupId>
-			<artifactId>flink-statebackend-changelog</artifactId>
-			<version>${project.version}</version>
-			<scope>test</scope>
-		</dependency>
     </dependencies>
     
     <build>
diff --git a/flink-libraries/flink-state-processing-api/pom.xml b/flink-libraries/flink-state-processing-api/pom.xml
index 8bb5fc9476343..7ebbabce17039 100644
--- a/flink-libraries/flink-state-processing-api/pom.xml
+++ b/flink-libraries/flink-state-processing-api/pom.xml
@@ -61,13 +61,6 @@ under the License.
 			<scope>test</scope>
 		</dependency>
 
-		<dependency>
-			<groupId>org.apache.flink</groupId>
-			<artifactId>flink-statebackend-changelog</artifactId>
-			<version>${project.version}</version>
-			<scope>test</scope>
-		</dependency>
-
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.apache.flink</groupId>
 			<artifactId>flink-streaming-java_${scala.binary.version}</artifactId>
diff --git a/flink-metrics/flink-metrics-jmx/pom.xml b/flink-metrics/flink-metrics-jmx/pom.xml
index e57544214771f..d5cc00eeec204 100644
--- a/flink-metrics/flink-metrics-jmx/pom.xml
+++ b/flink-metrics/flink-metrics-jmx/pom.xml
@@ -75,11 +75,5 @@ under the License.
 			<scope>test</scope>
 		</dependency>
 
-		<dependency>
-			<groupId>org.apache.flink</groupId>
-			<artifactId>flink-statebackend-changelog</artifactId>
-			<version>${project.version}</version>
-			<scope>test</scope>
-		</dependency>
 	</dependencies>
 </project>
diff --git a/flink-queryable-state/flink-queryable-state-runtime/pom.xml b/flink-queryable-state/flink-queryable-state-runtime/pom.xml
index 00e9516f5e289..a556f182213de 100644
--- a/flink-queryable-state/flink-queryable-state-runtime/pom.xml
+++ b/flink-queryable-state/flink-queryable-state-runtime/pom.xml
@@ -86,13 +86,6 @@ under the License.
 			<type>test-jar</type>
 		</dependency>
 
-		<dependency>
-			<groupId>org.apache.flink</groupId>
-			<artifactId>flink-statebackend-changelog</artifactId>
-			<version>${project.version}</version>
-			<scope>test</scope>
-		</dependency>
-
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.apache.flink</groupId>
 			<artifactId>flink-test-utils-junit</artifactId>
diff --git a/flink-runtime-web/pom.xml b/flink-runtime-web/pom.xml
index ac8dc37bf6dec..1d2bfab6b6476 100644
--- a/flink-runtime-web/pom.xml
+++ b/flink-runtime-web/pom.xml
@@ -112,13 +112,6 @@ under the License.
 			<scope>test</scope>
 		</dependency>
 
-		<dependency>
-			<groupId>org.apache.flink</groupId>
-			<artifactId>flink-statebackend-changelog</artifactId>
-			<version>${project.version}</version>
-			<scope>test</scope>
-		</dependency>
-
 	</dependencies>
 
 	<profiles>
diff --git a/flink-streaming-scala/pom.xml b/flink-streaming-scala/pom.xml
index 66a5834c5caaf..d0a1f1323f415 100644
--- a/flink-streaming-scala/pom.xml
+++ b/flink-streaming-scala/pom.xml
@@ -83,13 +83,6 @@ under the License.
 			<scope>test</scope>
 		</dependency>
 
-		<dependency>
-			<groupId>org.apache.flink</groupId>
-			<artifactId>flink-statebackend-changelog</artifactId>
-			<version>${project.version}</version>
-			<scope>test</scope>
-		</dependency>
-
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.apache.flink</groupId>
 			<artifactId>flink-core</artifactId>
diff --git a/flink-table/flink-sql-client/pom.xml b/flink-table/flink-sql-client/pom.xml
index f879cffffd515..1f705dcb1d256 100644
--- a/flink-table/flink-sql-client/pom.xml
+++ b/flink-table/flink-sql-client/pom.xml
@@ -134,13 +134,6 @@ under the License.
 			<scope>test</scope>
 		</dependency>
 
-		<dependency>
-			<groupId>org.apache.flink</groupId>
-			<artifactId>flink-statebackend-changelog</artifactId>
-			<version>${project.version}</version>
-			<scope>test</scope>
-		</dependency>
-
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.apache.flink</groupId>
 			<artifactId>flink-test-utils_${scala.binary.version}</artifactId>
diff --git a/flink-table/flink-table-planner/pom.xml b/flink-table/flink-table-planner/pom.xml
index ff5ba699af5ad..806170587b817 100644
--- a/flink-table/flink-table-planner/pom.xml
+++ b/flink-table/flink-table-planner/pom.xml
@@ -285,13 +285,6 @@ under the License.
 			<scope>test</scope>
 		</dependency>
 
-		<dependency>
-			<groupId>org.apache.flink</groupId>
-			<artifactId>flink-statebackend-changelog</artifactId>
-			<version>${project.version}</version>
-			<scope>test</scope>
-		</dependency>
-
 		<!-- utility to scan classpaths -->
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.reflections</groupId>
diff --git a/flink-test-utils-parent/flink-test-utils/pom.xml b/flink-test-utils-parent/flink-test-utils/pom.xml
index 1fece2232b1d8..7220e71633451 100644
--- a/flink-test-utils-parent/flink-test-utils/pom.xml
+++ b/flink-test-utils-parent/flink-test-utils/pom.xml
@@ -115,6 +115,14 @@ under the License.
 			</exclusions>
 		</dependency>
 
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.apache.flink</groupId>
+            <artifactId>flink-statebackend-changelog</artifactId>
+            <version>${project.version}</version>
+            <!-- the dependency should be transitive -->
+            <scope>runtime</scope>
+        </dependency>
+
 	</dependencies>
 
 	<build>
diff --git a/flink-tests/pom.xml b/flink-tests/pom.xml
index 3a574fa79fb4e..86d5ad412a341 100644
--- a/flink-tests/pom.xml
+++ b/flink-tests/pom.xml
@@ -247,13 +247,6 @@ under the License.
 			<scope>test</scope>
 		</dependency>
 
-		<dependency>
-			<groupId>org.apache.flink</groupId>
-			<artifactId>flink-statebackend-changelog</artifactId>
-			<version>${project.version}</version>
-			<scope>test</scope>
-		</dependency>
-
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.apache.flink</groupId>
 			<artifactId>flink-dstl-dfs_${scala.binary.version}</artifactId>