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 dc47951a30..0dd26dfa9e 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
@@ -21,10 +21,22 @@
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>io.rest-assured</groupId>
 			<artifactId>rest-assured</artifactId>
+			<exclusions>
+				<exclusion>
+					<groupId>com.sun.xml.bind</groupId>
+					<artifactId>jaxb-osgi</artifactId>
+				</exclusion>
+			</exclusions>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>io.rest-assured</groupId>
 			<artifactId>spring-mock-mvc</artifactId>
+			<exclusions>
+				<exclusion>
+					<groupId>com.sun.xml.bind</groupId>
+					<artifactId>jaxb-osgi</artifactId>
+				</exclusion>
+			</exclusions>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>com.toomuchcoding.jsonassert</groupId>