diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 52746ea02..306341528 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -92,11 +92,7 @@
 		<cassandra.version>5.0.3</cassandra.version>
 		<cassandra-driver.version>4.19.0</cassandra-driver.version>
 		<dist.id>spring-data-cassandra</dist.id>
-		<el.version>1.0</el.version>
-		<!-- NOTE: com.carrotsearch:hppc dependency version set to same version as Apache Cassandra 3.11.5 -->
-		<hppc.version>0.5.4</hppc.version>
 		<multithreadedtc.version>1.01</multithreadedtc.version>
-		<project.type>multi</project.type>
 		<springdata.commons>4.0.0-SNAPSHOT</springdata.commons>
 	</properties>
 
@@ -158,13 +154,6 @@
 				<scope>test</scope>
 			</dependency>
 
-			<dependency>
-				<groupId>com.carrotsearch</groupId>
-				<artifactId>hppc</artifactId>
-				<version>${hppc.version}</version>
-				<scope>test</scope>
-			</dependency>
-
 			<dependency>
 				<groupId>edu.umd.cs.mtc</groupId>
 				<artifactId>multithreadedtc</artifactId>
diff --git a/spring-data-cassandra/pom.xml b/spring-data-cassandra/pom.xml
index 7f28c7f2b..103f27440 100644
--- a/spring-data-cassandra/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-data-cassandra/pom.xml
@@ -167,6 +167,14 @@
 					<groupId>javax.inject</groupId>
 					<artifactId>javax.inject</artifactId>
 				</exclusion>
+				<exclusion>
+					<groupId>org.perfkit.sjk.parsers</groupId>
+					<artifactId>*</artifactId>
+				</exclusion>
+				<exclusion>
+					<groupId>com.jrockit.mc</groupId>
+					<artifactId>*</artifactId>
+				</exclusion>
 			</exclusions>
 		</dependency>
 
@@ -198,11 +206,6 @@
 			<artifactId>multithreadedtc</artifactId>
 		</dependency>
 
-		<dependency>
-			<groupId>com.carrotsearch</groupId>
-			<artifactId>hppc</artifactId>
-		</dependency>
-
 		<!-- Kotlin extension -->
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.jetbrains.kotlin</groupId>