diff --git a/spring-batch-parent/pom.xml b/spring-batch-parent/pom.xml
index 2c1bc7694..39140b2f8 100644
--- a/spring-batch-parent/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-batch-parent/pom.xml
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
+<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+	xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
 	<modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
 	<groupId>org.springframework.batch</groupId>
 	<artifactId>spring-batch-parent</artifactId>
@@ -289,6 +290,12 @@
 				<artifactId>woodstox-core-asl</artifactId>
 				<version>4.0.6</version>
 				<optional>true</optional>
+				<exclusions>
+					<exclusion>
+						<groupId>stax</groupId>
+						<artifactId>stax-api</artifactId>
+					</exclusion>
+				</exclusions>
 			</dependency>
 			<dependency>
 				<groupId>org.hibernate</groupId>