diff --git a/protected/gatk-protected/pom.xml b/protected/gatk-protected/pom.xml
index 14774def7..2cce6a809 100644
--- a/protected/gatk-protected/pom.xml
+++ b/protected/gatk-protected/pom.xml
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@
             <artifactId>sting-utils</artifactId>
             <version>${project.version}</version>
             <classifier>test-utils</classifier>
+            <type>test-jar</type>
             <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
 
@@ -53,6 +54,7 @@
             <artifactId>gatk-framework</artifactId>
             <version>${project.version}</version>
             <classifier>test-utils</classifier>
+            <type>test-jar</type>
             <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
 
diff --git a/public/external-example/pom.xml b/public/external-example/pom.xml
index d51e5a6f5..16d7f6d6f 100644
--- a/public/external-example/pom.xml
+++ b/public/external-example/pom.xml
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@
             <artifactId>sting-utils</artifactId>
             <version>${sting.version}</version>
             <classifier>test-utils</classifier>
+            <type>test-jar</type>
             <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
 
@@ -58,6 +59,7 @@
             <artifactId>gatk-framework</artifactId>
             <version>${sting.version}</version>
             <classifier>test-utils</classifier>
+            <type>test-jar</type>
             <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
 
diff --git a/public/gatk-framework/pom.xml b/public/gatk-framework/pom.xml
index e8b2f7c71..5d0f3de5a 100644
--- a/public/gatk-framework/pom.xml
+++ b/public/gatk-framework/pom.xml
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@
             <artifactId>sting-utils</artifactId>
             <version>${project.version}</version>
             <classifier>test-utils</classifier>
+            <type>test-jar</type>
             <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
 
diff --git a/public/package-tests/pom.xml b/public/package-tests/pom.xml
index f10518d7d..56804dbd1 100644
--- a/public/package-tests/pom.xml
+++ b/public/package-tests/pom.xml
@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@
             <artifactId>gatk-framework</artifactId>
             <version>${project.version}</version>
             <classifier>test-utils</classifier>
+            <type>test-jar</type>
             <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
 
diff --git a/public/queue-framework/pom.xml b/public/queue-framework/pom.xml
index 4dd3c188e..b65359c30 100644
--- a/public/queue-framework/pom.xml
+++ b/public/queue-framework/pom.xml
@@ -67,6 +67,7 @@
             <artifactId>gatk-framework</artifactId>
             <version>${project.version}</version>
             <classifier>test-utils</classifier>
+            <type>test-jar</type>
             <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>