maven-publish plugin. Hook, change in published pom.xml 'runtime' dependency to compile dependency.

publishing.publications.all { pom.withXml { asNode().dependencies.''.findAll() { it.scope.text() == 'runtime' && project.configurations.compile.allDependencies.find { dep -> dep.name == it.artifactId.text() } }.each { it.scope.value = 'compile'} } }