diff --git a/spring-data-neo4j-rest/pom.xml b/spring-data-neo4j-rest/pom.xml
index 12e4d93c4..f47e8ea93 100644
--- a/spring-data-neo4j-rest/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-data-neo4j-rest/pom.xml
@@ -33,6 +33,12 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.springframework.data</groupId>
             <artifactId>spring-data-neo4j</artifactId>
+            <exclusions>
+                <exclusion>
+                    <groupId>org.neo4j</groupId>
+                    <artifactId>neo4j</artifactId>
+                </exclusion>
+            </exclusions>
         </dependency>
 
         <!--dependency>