diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 7678043484a4c78b78b3928420549eeb6388b521..08c3ac64436b91c4dd986ca53a903c87426dc9fd 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -601,6 +601,10 @@
             <groupId>org.jboss.netty</groupId>
             <artifactId>netty</artifactId>
           </exclusion>
+          <exclusion>
+            <groupId>javax.servlet</groupId>
+            <artifactId>servlet-api</artifactId>
+          </exclusion>
         </exclusions>
       </dependency>
 
@@ -621,6 +625,10 @@
             <groupId>org.jboss.netty</groupId>
             <artifactId>netty</artifactId>
           </exclusion>
+          <exclusion>
+            <groupId>javax.servlet</groupId>
+            <artifactId>servlet-api</artifactId>
+          </exclusion>
         </exclusions>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>