diff --git a/dspace-api/pom.xml b/dspace-api/pom.xml
index 7a5c9031a2..b9a7048e71 100644
--- a/dspace-api/pom.xml
+++ b/dspace-api/pom.xml
@@ -856,6 +856,10 @@
                     <groupId>org.javassist</groupId>
                     <artifactId>javassist</artifactId>
                 </exclusion>
+                <exclusion>
+                	<groupId>io.swagger</groupId>
+                	<artifactId>swagger-jersey-jaxrs</artifactId>
+                </exclusion>
             </exclusions>
         </dependency>