diff --git a/maven-core-it/it0016/pom.xml b/maven-core-it/it0016/pom.xml
index 93c699547a..56a45ffea0 100644
--- a/maven-core-it/it0016/pom.xml
+++ b/maven-core-it/it0016/pom.xml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>servletapi</groupId>
       <artifactId>servletapi</artifactId>
-      <version>2.4-20040521</version>
+      <version>2.3</version>
       <scope>provided</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
diff --git a/maven-core-it/it0018/pom.xml b/maven-core-it/it0018/pom.xml
index 10645db81a..4bbeaf49c7 100644
--- a/maven-core-it/it0018/pom.xml
+++ b/maven-core-it/it0018/pom.xml
@@ -9,6 +9,12 @@
       <groupId>marmalade</groupId>
       <artifactId>marmalade-el-commons</artifactId>
       <version>1.0-alpha-2</version>
+      <exclusions>
+        <exclusion>
+          <groupId>servletapi</groupId>
+          <artifactId>servletapi</artifactId>
+        </exclusion>
+      </exclusions>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>junit</groupId>