diff --git a/server/pom.xml b/server/pom.xml
index 6446b7eca28..4065154f0d8 100644
--- a/server/pom.xml
+++ b/server/pom.xml
@@ -81,6 +81,12 @@
       <groupId>org.apache.cloudstack</groupId>
       <artifactId>cloud-utils</artifactId>
       <version>${project.version}</version>
+      <exclusions>
+      	<exclusion>
+      		<artifactId>xml-apis</artifactId>
+      		<groupId>xml-apis</groupId>
+      	</exclusion>
+      </exclusions>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.cloudstack</groupId>
@@ -92,6 +98,12 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.reflections</groupId>
       <artifactId>reflections</artifactId>
+      <exclusions>
+      	<exclusion>
+      		<artifactId>xml-apis</artifactId>
+      		<groupId>xml-apis</groupId>
+      	</exclusion>
+      </exclusions>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.cloudstack</groupId>
diff --git a/utils/pom.xml b/utils/pom.xml
index ec668390374..93fa7967771 100755
--- a/utils/pom.xml
+++ b/utils/pom.xml
@@ -107,10 +107,30 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.reflections</groupId>
       <artifactId>reflections</artifactId>
+      <exclusions>
+        <exclusion>
+          <groupId>xml-apis</groupId>
+          <artifactId>xml-apis</artifactId>
+        </exclusion>
+      </exclusions>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.owasp.esapi</groupId>
       <artifactId>esapi</artifactId>
+      <exclusions>
+        <exclusion>
+          <groupId>xml-apis</groupId>
+          <artifactId>xml-apis</artifactId>
+        </exclusion>
+        <exclusion>
+          <groupId>xml-apis</groupId>
+          <artifactId>xml-apis-ext</artifactId>
+        </exclusion>
+        <exclusion>
+          <groupId>xerces</groupId>
+          <artifactId>xmlParserAPIs</artifactId>
+        </exclusion>
+      </exclusions>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
         <groupId>commons-net</groupId>