diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 821017db6d..8768320c5e 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -477,6 +477,10 @@
 						<groupId>org.codehaus.groovy</groupId>
 						<artifactId>groovy-xml</artifactId>
 					</exclusion>
+					<exclusion>
+						<groupId>com.sun.xml.bind</groupId>
+						<artifactId>jaxb-osgi</artifactId>
+					</exclusion>
 				</exclusions>
 			</dependency>
 			<dependency>
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 1262c87be6..5d2633dec1 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>