diff --git a/activemq-karaf-itest/pom.xml b/activemq-karaf-itest/pom.xml
index 0a819f2a5b..5cfc35bebc 100644
--- a/activemq-karaf-itest/pom.xml
+++ b/activemq-karaf-itest/pom.xml
@@ -129,6 +129,10 @@
           <groupId>org.eclipse</groupId>
           <artifactId>osgi</artifactId>
         </exclusion>
+        <exclusion>
+          <groupId>org.apache.xerces</groupId>
+          <artifactId>xercesImpl</artifactId>
+        </exclusion>
       </exclusions>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>