diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index c26ab69e688..ffa0a52bacb 100755
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -2967,6 +2967,10 @@
                <groupId>com.google.guava</groupId>
                <artifactId>guava</artifactId>
              </exclusion>
+             <exclusion>
+               <groupId>net.minidev</groupId>
+               <artifactId>json-smart</artifactId>
+             </exclusion>
            </exclusions>
          </dependency>
          <dependency>