diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index b20c4e9c..02dfa442 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@
       <groupId>org.jenkins-ci.plugins</groupId>
       <artifactId>mask-passwords</artifactId>
       <version>2.8</version>
-      <optional>true</optional>
+      <optional>false</optional>
     </dependency>
 
     <dependency>