diff --git a/gradle/java-module.gradle b/gradle/java-module.gradle
index 8eefbfd494..5a4de5532b 100644
--- a/gradle/java-module.gradle
+++ b/gradle/java-module.gradle
@@ -114,19 +114,22 @@ dependencies {
 	if ( JavaVersion.current().isJava9Compatible() ) {
 		// The JDK used to run Gradle is Java 9+, and we assume that that is the same
 		//		JDK for executing tasks
-		compile( libraries.jaxb )
+		compile( libraries.jaxb_api )
+		compile( libraries.jaxb_runtime )
 		compile( libraries.jaxb_xjc )
 		compile( libraries.jaxb2_basics )
 		compile( libraries.jaxb2_basics_ant )
 		compile( libraries.jsr250_api )
 
-		testCompile( libraries.jaxb )
+		testCompile( libraries.jaxb_api )
+		testCompile( libraries.jaxb_runtime )
 		testCompile( libraries.jaxb_xjc )
 		testCompile( libraries.jaxb2_basics )
 		testCompile( libraries.jaxb2_basics_ant )
 		testCompile( libraries.jsr250_api )
 
-		testRuntime( libraries.jaxb )
+		testRuntime( libraries.jaxb_api )
+		testRuntime( libraries.jaxb_runtime )
 		testRuntime( libraries.jaxb_xjc )
 		testRuntime( libraries.jaxb2_basics )
 		testRuntime( libraries.jaxb2_basics_ant )
diff --git a/gradle/libraries.gradle b/gradle/libraries.gradle
index 83feb7ae07..e7ccc1e5b9 100644
--- a/gradle/libraries.gradle
+++ b/gradle/libraries.gradle
@@ -76,7 +76,9 @@ ext {
             logging_processor:  'org.jboss.logging:jboss-logging-processor:2.1.0.Final',
 
             // jaxb task
-            jaxb: 'org.glassfish.jaxb:jaxb-runtime:2.2.11',
+            // Strangely, jaxb-runtime 2.2.11 depends on jaxb-api 2.2.12-b140109.1041
+            jaxb_api: 'javax.xml.bind:jaxb-api:2.2.12-b140109.1041',
+            jaxb_runtime: 'org.glassfish.jaxb:jaxb-runtime:2.2.11',
             jaxb_xjc: 'org.glassfish.jaxb:jaxb-xjc:2.2.11',
             // Note that jaxb2_basics is a set of tools on *top* of JAXB.
             // See https://github.com/highsource/jaxb2-basics
diff --git a/hibernate-core/hibernate-core.gradle b/hibernate-core/hibernate-core.gradle
index 000015a2f4..ae31a5d673 100644
--- a/hibernate-core/hibernate-core.gradle
+++ b/hibernate-core/hibernate-core.gradle
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ dependencies {
     // ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
     // Java 9 ftw!
     if ( JavaVersion.current().isJava9Compatible() ) {
-        xjc( libraries.jaxb )
+        xjc( libraries.jaxb_runtime )
         xjc( libraries.jaxb_xjc )
         xjc( libraries.jaxb2_basics )
         xjc( libraries.jaxb2_basics_ant )
diff --git a/tooling/metamodel-generator/hibernate-jpamodelgen.gradle b/tooling/metamodel-generator/hibernate-jpamodelgen.gradle
index 91f86b9595..ee68543071 100644
--- a/tooling/metamodel-generator/hibernate-jpamodelgen.gradle
+++ b/tooling/metamodel-generator/hibernate-jpamodelgen.gradle
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ dependencies {
 	// ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 	// Java 9 ftw!
 	if ( JavaVersion.current().isJava9Compatible() ) {
-		xjc( libraries.jaxb )
+		xjc( libraries.jaxb_runtime )
 		xjc( libraries.jaxb_xjc )
 		xjc( libraries.jaxb2_basics )
 		xjc( libraries.jaxb2_basics_ant )