diff --git a/dependency-exclusion/core-java-exclusions/pom.xml b/dependency-exclusion/core-java-exclusions/pom.xml
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+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<project xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+         xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0"
+         xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
+    <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+    <artifactId>core-java-exclusions</artifactId>
+    <version>0.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <name>core-java-exclusions</name>
+    <packaging>jar</packaging>
+
+    <parent>
+        <groupId>com.baeldung.dependency-exclusion</groupId>
+        <artifactId>dependency-exclusion</artifactId>
+        <version>0.0.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    </parent>
+
+<build>
+    <plugins>
+        <plugin>
+            <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+            <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
+            <version>${surefire-version}</version>
+            <configuration>
+                <runOrder>alphabetical</runOrder>
+                <threadCount>1</threadCount>
+                <properties>
+                    <property>
+                        <name>junit</name>
+                        <value>false</value>
+                    </property>
+                </properties>
+            </configuration>
+            <dependencies>
+                <dependency>
+                    <!-- Deactivate JUnit 4.7 engine by overriding it with an empty dummy -->
+                    <groupId>org.apache.maven.surefire</groupId>
+                    <artifactId>surefire-junit47</artifactId>
+                    <version>dummy</version>
+                </dependency>
+            </dependencies>
+        </plugin>
+    </plugins>
+</build>
+
+    <dependencies>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>junit</groupId>
+            <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
+            <scope>test</scope>
+        </dependency>
+    </dependencies>
+
+</project>
diff --git a/dependency-exclusion/core-java-exclusions/src/test/java/com/sample/project/tests/ExcludeDirectDependencyUnitTest.java b/dependency-exclusion/core-java-exclusions/src/test/java/com/sample/project/tests/ExcludeDirectDependencyUnitTest.java
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+++ b/dependency-exclusion/core-java-exclusions/src/test/java/com/sample/project/tests/ExcludeDirectDependencyUnitTest.java
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+package com.sample.project.tests;
+
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertTrue;
+
+import org.junit.Test;
+
+public class ExcludeDirectDependencyUnitTest {
+    @Test
+    public void basicUnitTest() {
+        assertTrue(true);
+    }
+}
diff --git a/dependency-exclusion/dummy-surefire-junit47/pom.xml b/dependency-exclusion/dummy-surefire-junit47/pom.xml
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+++ b/dependency-exclusion/dummy-surefire-junit47/pom.xml
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+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<project xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+         xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0"
+         xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
+    <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+    <groupId>org.apache.maven.surefire</groupId>
+    <artifactId>surefire-junit47</artifactId>
+    <version>dummy</version>
+</project>
diff --git a/dependency-exclusion/pom.xml b/dependency-exclusion/pom.xml
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+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<project xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+         xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0"
+         xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
+    <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+    <groupId>com.baeldung.dependency-exclusion</groupId>
+    <artifactId>dependency-exclusion</artifactId>
+    <name>dependency-exclusion</name>
+    <packaging>pom</packaging>
+
+    <parent>
+        <groupId>com.baeldung</groupId>
+        <artifactId>parent-java</artifactId>
+        <version>0.0.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <relativePath>../parent-java</relativePath>
+    </parent>
+
+    <properties>
+        <surefire-version>2.22.2</surefire-version>
+    </properties>
+
+    <modules>
+        <module>dummy-surefire-junit47</module>
+        <module>core-java-exclusions</module>
+    </modules>
+
+    <build>
+        <pluginManagement>
+            <plugins>
+                <plugin>
+                    <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+                    <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
+                    <version>3.7.0</version>
+                    <configuration>
+                        <source>1.8</source>
+                        <target>1.8</target>
+                        <compilerArgs>
+                            <arg>-parameters</arg>
+                        </compilerArgs>
+                    </configuration>
+                </plugin>
+                <plugin>
+                    <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+                    <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
+                    <version>${surefire-version}</version>
+                    <configuration>
+                        <threadCount>1</threadCount>
+                    </configuration>
+                    <dependencies>
+                        <dependency>
+                            <groupId>org.apache.maven.surefire</groupId>
+                            <artifactId>surefire-junit-platform</artifactId>
+                            <version>${surefire-version}</version>
+                        </dependency>
+                    </dependencies>
+                </plugin>
+            </plugins>
+        </pluginManagement>
+    </build>
+
+    <dependencyManagement>
+        <dependencies>
+            <dependency>
+                <groupId>junit</groupId>
+                <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
+                <version>4.13</version>
+            </dependency>
+        </dependencies>
+    </dependencyManagement>
+
+</project>