diff --git a/dependencies.md b/dependencies.md
index 9aac2641..5a560064 100644
--- a/dependencies.md
+++ b/dependencies.md
@@ -30,14 +30,9 @@
 | [org.xmlunit:xmlunit-matchers][13]     | [The Apache Software License, Version 2.0][5] |
 | [SLF4J JDK14 Binding][36]              | [MIT License][21]                             |
 | [mockito-core][38]                     | [The MIT License][39]                         |
+| [JaCoCo :: Agent][40]                  | [Eclipse Public License 2.0][41]              |
 | [JaCoCo :: Core][40]                   | [Eclipse Public License 2.0][41]              |
-| [Maven Plugin Integration Testing][42] | [MIT][16]                                     |
-
-## Runtime Dependencies
-
-| Dependency            | License                          |
-| --------------------- | -------------------------------- |
-| [JaCoCo :: Agent][40] | [Eclipse Public License 2.0][41] |
+| [Maven Plugin Integration Testing][44] | [MIT][16]                                     |
 
 ## Plugin Dependencies
 
@@ -118,7 +113,7 @@
 [88]: http://maven.apache.org/plugins/maven-install-plugin/
 [56]: https://sonatype.github.io/ossindex-maven/maven-plugin/
 [17]: https://www.eclipse.org/jgit/
-[42]: https://github.com/exasol/maven-plugin-integration-testing
+[44]: https://github.com/exasol/maven-plugin-integration-testing
 [72]: http://maven.apache.org/plugins/maven-deploy-plugin/
 [90]: http://maven.apache.org/plugins/maven-site-plugin/
 [60]: https://maven.apache.org/plugins/maven-javadoc-plugin/
diff --git a/doc/changes/changes_1.2.0.md b/doc/changes/changes_1.2.0.md
index 9f8143ac..da808518 100644
--- a/doc/changes/changes_1.2.0.md
+++ b/doc/changes/changes_1.2.0.md
@@ -9,9 +9,18 @@ In this release we added a property that allows users to skip the execution of p
 ## Features
 
 * #176: Added skip property
+* #178: Moved jacoco dependency to test scope
 
 ## Dependency Updates
 
+### Runtime Dependency Updates
+
+* Removed `org.jacoco:org.jacoco.agent:0.8.7`
+
+### Test Dependency Updates
+
+* Added `org.jacoco:org.jacoco.agent:0.8.7`
+
 ### Plugin Dependency Updates
 
 * Updated `com.exasol:project-keeper-maven-plugin:1.1.0` to `1.2.0`
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index f12e3668..8ab8541b 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -176,7 +176,7 @@
             <artifactId>org.jacoco.agent</artifactId>
             <version>${jacoco.version}</version>
             <classifier>runtime</classifier>
-            <scope>runtime</scope>
+            <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.jacoco</groupId>
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/exasol/projectkeeper/validators/pom/dependencies/JacocoAgentDependencyValidator.java b/src/main/java/com/exasol/projectkeeper/validators/pom/dependencies/JacocoAgentDependencyValidator.java
index 5ff5f432..48e5b532 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/exasol/projectkeeper/validators/pom/dependencies/JacocoAgentDependencyValidator.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/exasol/projectkeeper/validators/pom/dependencies/JacocoAgentDependencyValidator.java
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ public class JacocoAgentDependencyValidator extends AbstractDependencyValidator
      * Create a new instance of {@link JacocoAgentDependencyValidator}.
      */
     public JacocoAgentDependencyValidator() {
-        super("org.jacoco", "org.jacoco.agent", "0.8.5", Scope.RUNTIME);
+        super("org.jacoco", "org.jacoco.agent", "0.8.5", Scope.TEST);
     }
 
     @Override
diff --git a/src/test/java/com/exasol/projectkeeper/ProjectKeeperIT.java b/src/test/java/com/exasol/projectkeeper/ProjectKeeperIT.java
index 2f9f6c5a..4b07ba20 100644
--- a/src/test/java/com/exasol/projectkeeper/ProjectKeeperIT.java
+++ b/src/test/java/com/exasol/projectkeeper/ProjectKeeperIT.java
@@ -228,7 +228,11 @@ private void commitAndMakeTag(final Git git, final String releaseTag) throws Git
 
     @Test
     void testJacocoAgentIsExtracted() throws VerificationException, IOException {
-        writePomWithAllProjectKeeperPlugins();
+        final var pom = new TestMavenModel();
+        pom.addProjectKeeperPlugin(
+                new ProjectKeeperPluginDeclaration(CURRENT_VERSION).withEnabledModules(INTEGRATION_TESTS, UDF_COVERAGE)
+                        .withExcludedPlugins("com.exasol:error-code-crawler-maven-plugin"));
+        pom.writeAsPomToProject(this.projectDir);
         final Verifier verifier = getVerifier();
         verifier.executeGoal("project-keeper:fix");
         verifier.executeGoal("package");