diff --git a/archiva-modules/archiva-web/archiva-webapp/pom.xml b/archiva-modules/archiva-web/archiva-webapp/pom.xml
index 2837e1a28..d5588a56a 100644
--- a/archiva-modules/archiva-web/archiva-webapp/pom.xml
+++ b/archiva-modules/archiva-web/archiva-webapp/pom.xml
@@ -470,6 +470,10 @@
           <groupId>velocity</groupId>
           <artifactId>velocity-dep</artifactId>
         </exclusion>
+        <exclusion>
+          <groupId>struts</groupId>
+          <artifactId>struts</artifactId>
+        </exclusion>
       </exclusions>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 6650fb0d5..871da06e1 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -1383,6 +1383,7 @@
                     <exclude>javax.sql:jdbc-stdext</exclude>
                     <exclude>ant:ant-optional</exclude>
                     <exclude>xom:xom</exclude>
+                    <exclude>struts:struts</exclude>
                     <exclude>org.codehaus.plexus:plexus-xwork-integration</exclude>
                     <exclude>org.codehaus.plexus:plexus-component-api</exclude>
                     <exclude>org.codehaus.plexus:plexus-container-default</exclude>