diff --git a/spring-data-rest-tests/spring-data-rest-tests-jpa/pom.xml b/spring-data-rest-tests/spring-data-rest-tests-jpa/pom.xml
index 4fbb0ba83..d9cb846f6 100644
--- a/spring-data-rest-tests/spring-data-rest-tests-jpa/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-data-rest-tests/spring-data-rest-tests-jpa/pom.xml
@@ -38,6 +38,12 @@
 			<artifactId>hibernate-entitymanager</artifactId>
 			<version>${hibernate.version}</version>
 			<scope>test</scope>
+			<exclusions>
+				<exclusion>
+					<groupId>net.bytebuddy</groupId>
+					<artifactId>byte-buddy</artifactId>
+				</exclusion>
+			</exclusions>
 		</dependency>
 
 		<dependency>