diff --git a/dspace-api/pom.xml b/dspace-api/pom.xml
index 6c8506f6fefb..111217b35c36 100644
--- a/dspace-api/pom.xml
+++ b/dspace-api/pom.xml
@@ -884,6 +884,10 @@
                     <groupId>com.sun.xml.bind</groupId>
                     <artifactId>jaxb-impl</artifactId>
                 </exclusion>
+                <exclusion>
+                    <groupId>javax.annotation</groupId>
+                    <artifactId>javax.annotation-api</artifactId>
+                </exclusion>
             </exclusions>
         </dependency>