diff --git a/spring-ai-spring-boot-docker-compose/pom.xml b/spring-ai-spring-boot-docker-compose/pom.xml
index 1f4ad3c784a..7f77cb1cbcd 100644
--- a/spring-ai-spring-boot-docker-compose/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-ai-spring-boot-docker-compose/pom.xml
@@ -47,32 +47,38 @@
 			<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-weaviate</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-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 -->