diff --git a/google-guice.spec b/google-guice.spec
index 7c37e77..f32cb54 100644
--- a/google-guice.spec
+++ b/google-guice.spec
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 
 Name:           google-%{short_name}
 Version:        4.0
-Release:        5%{?dist}
+Release:        6%{?dist}
 Summary:        Lightweight dependency injection framework for Java 5 and above
 License:        ASL 2.0
 URL:            https://github.com/google/%{short_name}
@@ -207,6 +207,8 @@ This package provides %{summary}.
 %pom_remove_dep :guava-testlib extensions
 %pom_xpath_remove "pom:dependency[pom:classifier[text()='tests']]" extensions
 
+%pom_xpath_inject "pom:dependency[pom:artifactId='aopalliance']" "<optional>true</optional>" core
+
 %pom_remove_parent
 %pom_set_parent com.google.inject:guice-parent:%{version} jdk8-tests
 
@@ -260,6 +262,9 @@ This package provides %{summary}.
 
 
 %changelog
+* Wed Jun 29 2016 Mikolaj Izdebski <mizdebsk@redhat.com> - 4.0-6
+- Make aopalliance dependency optional
+
 * Wed Jun 15 2016 Mikolaj Izdebski <mizdebsk@redhat.com> - 4.0-5
 - Regenerate build-requires