diff --git a/lib/pom.xml b/lib/pom.xml
index 8ae2c4d..ac93726 100644
--- a/lib/pom.xml
+++ b/lib/pom.xml
@@ -503,6 +503,11 @@
                 <artifactId>onos-yang-serializers-json</artifactId>
                 <version>${onos-yang-tools.version}</version>
             </dependency>
+            <dependency>
+                <groupId>io.grpc</groupId>
+                <artifactId>grpc-core</artifactId>
+                <version>${grpccore.version}</version>
+            </dependency>
         </dependencies>
     </dependencyManagement>
 
@@ -713,12 +718,6 @@
             <artifactId>jsr305</artifactId>
         </dependency>
 
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>io.grpc</groupId>
-            <artifactId>grpc-core</artifactId>
-            <version>${grpccore.version}</version>
-        </dependency>
-
     </dependencies>
 
     <build>