diff --git a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-dependencies/pom.xml b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-dependencies/pom.xml
index 452cef9cd8c..21763409adf 100644
--- a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-dependencies/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-dependencies/pom.xml
@@ -202,7 +202,7 @@
 		<spring-ws.version>3.0.9.RELEASE</spring-ws.version>
 		<sqlite-jdbc.version>3.28.0</sqlite-jdbc.version>
 		<sun-mail.version>${jakarta-mail.version}</sun-mail.version>
-		<saaj-impl.version>1.5.1</saaj-impl.version>
+		<saaj-impl.version>1.5.2</saaj-impl.version>
 		<thymeleaf.version>3.0.11.RELEASE</thymeleaf.version>
 		<thymeleaf-extras-springsecurity.version>3.0.4.RELEASE</thymeleaf-extras-springsecurity.version>
 		<thymeleaf-layout-dialect.version>2.4.1</thymeleaf-layout-dialect.version>
diff --git a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-starters/spring-boot-starter-web-services/pom.xml b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-starters/spring-boot-starter-web-services/pom.xml
index 8e191dae28e..5900cb80969 100644
--- a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-starters/spring-boot-starter-web-services/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-starters/spring-boot-starter-web-services/pom.xml
@@ -26,16 +26,16 @@
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>com.sun.xml.messaging.saaj</groupId>
 			<artifactId>saaj-impl</artifactId>
-			<exclusions>
-				<exclusion>
-					<groupId>javax.activation</groupId>
-					<artifactId>activation</artifactId>
-				</exclusion>
-			</exclusions>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>jakarta.xml.ws</groupId>
 			<artifactId>jakarta.xml.ws-api</artifactId>
+      <exclusions>
+        <exclusion>
+          <groupId>jakarta.activation</groupId>
+          <artifactId>jakarta.activation-api</artifactId>
+        </exclusion>
+      </exclusions>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.springframework</groupId>