diff --git a/spring-cloud-contract-starters/spring-cloud-starter-contract-verifier/pom.xml b/spring-cloud-contract-starters/spring-cloud-starter-contract-verifier/pom.xml
index 1babb8fe97..915b5a6f68 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-contract-starters/spring-cloud-starter-contract-verifier/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-cloud-contract-starters/spring-cloud-starter-contract-verifier/pom.xml
@@ -21,32 +21,10 @@
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>io.rest-assured</groupId>
 			<artifactId>rest-assured</artifactId>
-			<version>4.4.0</version>
-			<exclusions>
-				<exclusion>
-					<groupId>com.sun.xml.bind</groupId>
-					<artifactId>jaxb-osgi</artifactId>
-				</exclusion>
-				<exclusion>
-					<groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
-					<artifactId>*</artifactId>
-				</exclusion>
-			</exclusions>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>io.rest-assured</groupId>
 			<artifactId>spring-mock-mvc</artifactId>
-			<version>4.4.0</version>
-			<exclusions>
-				<exclusion>
-					<groupId>com.sun.xml.bind</groupId>
-					<artifactId>jaxb-osgi</artifactId>
-				</exclusion>
-				<exclusion>
-					<groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
-					<artifactId>*</artifactId>
-				</exclusion>
-			</exclusions>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>com.toomuchcoding.jsonassert</groupId>