diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 9fe56a9775..a347bb239f 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -362,6 +362,10 @@
             <groupId>com.sun.jersey</groupId>
             <artifactId>jersey-json</artifactId>
           </exclusion>
+          <exclusion>
+            <groupId>org.apache.httpcomponents</groupId>
+            <artifactId>httpclient</artifactId>
+          </exclusion>
         </exclusions>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>