diff --git a/api/build.gradle b/api/build.gradle
index 2bbd4c7bb..ec16716ea 100644
--- a/api/build.gradle
+++ b/api/build.gradle
@@ -14,6 +14,10 @@ tasks.withType(JavaCompile).configureEach {
     options.encoding = "UTF-8"
 }
 
+configurations {
+    testImplementation.extendsFrom compileOnly
+}
+
 dependencies {
     compileOnly "org.apache.logging.log4j:log4j-api:${rootProject.log4j_version}"
     testImplementation "junit:junit:4.13"