diff --git a/spring-ai-spring-boot-testcontainers/pom.xml b/spring-ai-spring-boot-testcontainers/pom.xml
index c645270c48b..86b1c66477a 100644
--- a/spring-ai-spring-boot-testcontainers/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-ai-spring-boot-testcontainers/pom.xml
@@ -48,48 +48,57 @@
 			<groupId>org.springframework.ai</groupId>
 			<artifactId>spring-ai-autoconfigure-model-ollama</artifactId>
 			<version>${project.parent.version}</version>
+			<optional>true</optional>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.springframework.ai</groupId>
 			<artifactId>spring-ai-autoconfigure-vector-store-opensearch</artifactId>
 			<version>${project.parent.version}</version>
+			<optional>true</optional>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.springframework.ai</groupId>
 			<artifactId>spring-ai-autoconfigure-vector-store-chroma</artifactId>
 			<version>${project.parent.version}</version>
+			<optional>true</optional>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.springframework.ai</groupId>
 			<artifactId>spring-ai-autoconfigure-vector-store-mongodb-atlas</artifactId>
 			<version>${project.parent.version}</version>
+			<optional>true</optional>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.springframework.ai</groupId>
 			<artifactId>spring-ai-autoconfigure-vector-store-milvus</artifactId>
 			<version>${project.parent.version}</version>
+			<optional>true</optional>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.springframework.ai</groupId>
 			<artifactId>spring-ai-autoconfigure-vector-store-qdrant</artifactId>
 			<version>${project.parent.version}</version>
+			<optional>true</optional>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.springframework.ai</groupId>
 			<artifactId>spring-ai-autoconfigure-vector-store-weaviate</artifactId>
 			<version>${project.parent.version}</version>
+			<optional>true</optional>
 		</dependency>
 
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.springframework.ai</groupId>
 			<artifactId>spring-ai-autoconfigure-vector-store-typesense</artifactId>
 			<version>${project.parent.version}</version>
+			<optional>true</optional>
 		</dependency>
 
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>com.google.protobuf</groupId>
 			<artifactId>protobuf-java</artifactId>
 			<version>${protobuf-java.version}</version>
+			<optional>true</optional>
 		</dependency>
 
 		<!-- production dependencies -->