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 232b8c65d..2f074eee8 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
@@ -65,6 +65,12 @@
 			<groupId>org.hibernate</groupId>
 			<artifactId>hibernate-core</artifactId>
 			<version>${hibernate.version}</version>
+			<exclusions>
+				<exclusion>
+					<groupId>net.bytebuddy</groupId>
+					<artifactId>byte-buddy</artifactId>
+				</exclusion>
+			</exclusions>
 		</dependency>
 
 	</dependencies>
diff --git a/spring-data-rest-webmvc/pom.xml b/spring-data-rest-webmvc/pom.xml
index f16436c05..73282b223 100644
--- a/spring-data-rest-webmvc/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-data-rest-webmvc/pom.xml
@@ -88,6 +88,12 @@
 			<artifactId>hibernate-core</artifactId>
 			<version>${hibernate.version}</version>
 			<optional>true</optional>
+			<exclusions>
+				<exclusion>
+					<groupId>net.bytebuddy</groupId>
+					<artifactId>byte-buddy</artifactId>
+				</exclusion>
+			</exclusions>
 		</dependency>
 
 		<!-- Jackson JodaTime -->