diff --git a/spring-ai-spring-boot-docker-compose/pom.xml b/spring-ai-spring-boot-docker-compose/pom.xml
index 97d7adfaa4d..c8e2805e22a 100644
--- a/spring-ai-spring-boot-docker-compose/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-ai-spring-boot-docker-compose/pom.xml
@@ -104,6 +104,7 @@
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
 			<artifactId>spring-boot-starter-mongodb</artifactId>
+			<optional>true</optional>
 		</dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
diff --git a/spring-ai-spring-boot-testcontainers/pom.xml b/spring-ai-spring-boot-testcontainers/pom.xml
index a6bdade736f..97ab52d57ac 100644
--- a/spring-ai-spring-boot-testcontainers/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-ai-spring-boot-testcontainers/pom.xml
@@ -124,6 +124,7 @@
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
 			<artifactId>spring-boot-starter-data-mongodb</artifactId>
+			<optional>true</optional>
 		</dependency>