diff --git a/spring-cloud-consul-core/pom.xml b/spring-cloud-consul-core/pom.xml
index 53b2c7a7..4409db94 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-consul-core/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-cloud-consul-core/pom.xml
@@ -41,6 +41,13 @@
 			<groupId>org.springframework.retry</groupId>
 			<artifactId>spring-retry</artifactId>
 			<optional>true</optional>
+			<exclusions>
+				<!-- TODO: why is this necessary (otherwise get wrong version)? -->
+				<exclusion>
+					<groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
+					<artifactId>spring-core</artifactId>
+				</exclusion>
+			</exclusions>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>com.ecwid.consul</groupId>
diff --git a/spring-cloud-consul-discovery/pom.xml b/spring-cloud-consul-discovery/pom.xml
index b6b9af36..c1ff6cf8 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-consul-discovery/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-cloud-consul-discovery/pom.xml
@@ -96,6 +96,13 @@
 			<groupId>org.springframework.retry</groupId>
 			<artifactId>spring-retry</artifactId>
 			<optional>true</optional>
+			<exclusions>
+				<!-- TODO: why is this necessary (otherwise get wrong version)? -->
+				<exclusion>
+					<groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
+					<artifactId>spring-core</artifactId>
+				</exclusion>
+			</exclusions>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.projectlombok</groupId>