diff --git a/ldap/ldap.gradle b/ldap/ldap.gradle
index bb159e73ac..eb6fda883a 100644
--- a/ldap/ldap.gradle
+++ b/ldap/ldap.gradle
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ dependencies {
         exclude(group: 'org.springframework', module: 'spring-core')
         exclude(group: 'org.springframework', module: 'spring-tx')
         exclude(group: 'org.springframework', module: 'spring-beans')
+        exclude(group: 'org.springframework.data', module: 'spring-data-commons')
     }
 
     testCompile "org.slf4j:slf4j-api:$slf4jVersion",
diff --git a/ldap/pom.xml b/ldap/pom.xml
index 87ef3c3ed6..d3d4966a29 100644
--- a/ldap/pom.xml
+++ b/ldap/pom.xml
@@ -63,6 +63,10 @@
           <artifactId>spring-core</artifactId>
           <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
         </exclusion>
+        <exclusion>
+          <artifactId>spring-data-commons</artifactId>
+          <groupId>org.springframework.data</groupId>
+        </exclusion>
         <exclusion>
           <artifactId>commons-logging</artifactId>
           <groupId>commons-logging</groupId>