diff --git a/envers/pom.xml b/envers/pom.xml
index d1bdd3d8f6..d1dac250be 100644
--- a/envers/pom.xml
+++ b/envers/pom.xml
@@ -90,6 +90,10 @@
                     <groupId>org.hibernate</groupId>
                     <artifactId>hibernate</artifactId>
                 </exclusion>
+                <exclusion>
+                    <groupId>org.hibernate</groupId>
+                    <artifactId>hibernate-validator</artifactId>
+                </exclusion>
                 <exclusion>
                     <groupId>net.sf.ehcache</groupId>
                     <artifactId>ehcache</artifactId>