diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 1fe19f3..2428df4 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 
     <groupId>viper</groupId>
     <artifactId>ButtonControl</artifactId>
-    <version>1.8</version>
+    <version>1.9</version>
     <packaging>jar</packaging>
     <name>ButtonControl</name>
 
@@ -29,11 +29,12 @@
             <scope>provided</scope>
         </dependency>
 
-        <!-- bStats Bukkit -->
+        <!-- bStats Bukkit (optional) -->
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.bstats</groupId>
             <artifactId>bstats-bukkit</artifactId>
             <version>3.0.2</version>
+            <optional>true</optional>
         </dependency>
 
         <!-- org.json für UpdateChecker JSON-Parsing -->