diff --git a/synthtool/gcp/templates/java_library/.kokoro/dependencies.sh b/synthtool/gcp/templates/java_library/.kokoro/dependencies.sh
index cee4f11e7..c91e5a569 100755
--- a/synthtool/gcp/templates/java_library/.kokoro/dependencies.sh
+++ b/synthtool/gcp/templates/java_library/.kokoro/dependencies.sh
@@ -43,12 +43,13 @@ function completenessCheck() {
   # Output dep list with compile scope generated using the original pom
   # Running mvn dependency:list on Java versions that support modules will also include the module of the dependency.
   # This is stripped from the output as it is not present in the flattened pom.
+  # Only dependencies with 'compile' or 'runtime' scope are included from original dependency list.
   msg "Generating dependency list using original pom..."
-  mvn dependency:list -f pom.xml -Dsort=true | grep '\[INFO]    .*:.*:.*:.*:.*' | sed -e s/\\s--\\smodule.*// | grep -v ':test$' >.org-list.txt
+  mvn dependency:list -f pom.xml -DincludeScope=runtime -Dsort=true | grep '\[INFO]    .*:.*:.*:.*:.*' | sed -e s/\\s--\\smodule.*// >.org-list.txt
 
-  # Output dep list generated using the flattened pom (test scope deps are ommitted)
+  # Output dep list generated using the flattened pom (only 'compile' and 'runtime' scopes)
   msg "Generating dependency list using flattened pom..."
-  mvn dependency:list -f .flattened-pom.xml -Dsort=true | grep '\[INFO]    .*:.*:.*:.*:.*' >.new-list.txt
+  mvn dependency:list -f .flattened-pom.xml -DincludeScope=runtime -Dsort=true | grep '\[INFO]    .*:.*:.*:.*:.*' >.new-list.txt
 
   # Compare two dependency lists
   msg "Comparing dependency lists..."
@@ -85,4 +86,4 @@ then
 else
   msg "Errors found. See log statements above."
   exit 1
-fi
+fi
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