diff --git a/maven-core/pom.xml b/maven-core/pom.xml
index fbcc2ae9b8..fd27f2e62a 100644
--- a/maven-core/pom.xml
+++ b/maven-core/pom.xml
@@ -87,6 +87,16 @@
       <groupId>commons-cli</groupId>
       <artifactId>commons-cli</artifactId>
       <version>1.0</version>
+      <exclusions>
+        <exclusion>
+          <groupId>commons-lang</groupId>
+          <artifactId>commons-lang</artifactId>
+        </exclusion>
+        <exclusion>
+          <groupId>commons-logging</groupId>
+          <artifactId>commons-logging</artifactId>
+        </exclusion>
+      </exclusions>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.maven</groupId>
@@ -151,4 +161,4 @@
       <url>scp://minotaur.apache.org//www/maven.apache.org/m2</url>
     </site>
   </distributionManagement>
-</project>
\ No newline at end of file
+</project>