diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 78b377856..0fac94aaa 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -1514,6 +1514,10 @@
 					<groupId>org.apache.httpcomponents</groupId>
 					<artifactId>httpclient</artifactId>
 				</exclusion>
+				<exclusion>
+					<groupId>javax.activation</groupId>
+					<artifactId>activation</artifactId>
+				</exclusion>
 			</exclusions>
 		</dependency>
 	</dependencies>