diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index ebd359a9de17f..d2662b65c1290 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -596,6 +596,10 @@
             <groupId>org.jboss.netty</groupId>
             <artifactId>netty</artifactId>
           </exclusion>
+          <exclusion>
+            <groupId>javax.servlet</groupId>
+            <artifactId>servlet-api</artifactId>
+          </exclusion>
         </exclusions>
       </dependency>
 
@@ -616,6 +620,10 @@
             <groupId>org.jboss.netty</groupId>
             <artifactId>netty</artifactId>
           </exclusion>
+          <exclusion>
+            <groupId>javax.servlet</groupId>
+            <artifactId>servlet-api</artifactId>
+          </exclusion>
         </exclusions>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>