diff --git a/tooling/camel-kafka-connector-catalog-descriptor-maven-plugin/pom.xml b/tooling/camel-kafka-connector-catalog-descriptor-maven-plugin/pom.xml
index 47e151de9e..65ef674e48 100644
--- a/tooling/camel-kafka-connector-catalog-descriptor-maven-plugin/pom.xml
+++ b/tooling/camel-kafka-connector-catalog-descriptor-maven-plugin/pom.xml
@@ -52,6 +52,24 @@
             <groupId>org.apache.maven</groupId>
             <artifactId>maven-core</artifactId>
             <version>${maven-version}</version>
+            <exclusions>
+                <exclusion>
+                    <groupId>javax.enterprise</groupId>
+                    <artifactId>cdi-api</artifactId>
+                </exclusion>
+                <exclusion>
+                    <groupId>org.sonatype.plexus</groupId>
+                    <artifactId>plexus-sec-dispatcher</artifactId>
+                </exclusion>
+                <exclusion>
+                    <groupId>javax.inject</groupId>
+                    <artifactId>javax.inject</artifactId>
+                </exclusion>
+                <exclusion>
+                    <groupId>org.codehaus.plexus</groupId>
+                    <artifactId>plexus-component-annotations</artifactId>
+                </exclusion>
+            </exclusions>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.maven</groupId>
@@ -72,11 +90,23 @@
             <groupId>org.apache.maven</groupId>
             <artifactId>maven-compat</artifactId>
             <version>${maven-version}</version>
+            <exclusions>
+                <exclusion>
+                    <groupId>org.codehaus.plexus</groupId>
+                    <artifactId>plexus-component-annotations</artifactId>
+                </exclusion>
+            </exclusions>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.maven.shared</groupId>
             <artifactId>maven-dependency-tree</artifactId>
             <version>3.0.1</version>
+            <exclusions>
+                <exclusion>
+                    <groupId>org.codehaus.plexus</groupId>
+                    <artifactId>plexus-component-annotations</artifactId>
+                </exclusion>
+            </exclusions>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.codehaus.plexus</groupId>
@@ -86,10 +116,6 @@
             <groupId>org.codehaus.plexus</groupId>
             <artifactId>plexus-utils</artifactId>
         </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.sonatype.plexus</groupId>
-            <artifactId>plexus-build-api</artifactId>
-        </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>com.google.code.gson</groupId>
             <artifactId>gson</artifactId>