diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index 19bb8059e08..0de74708519 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -153,6 +153,7 @@ configure(allprojects) { project ->
 			dependency "org.mozilla:rhino:1.7.11"
 
 			dependency("org.dom4j:dom4j:2.1.3") {
+				exclude group: 'javax.xml.bind', name: "jaxb-api"
 				exclude group: "jaxen", name: "jaxen"
 				exclude group: "net.java.dev.msv", name: "xsdlib"
 				exclude group: "pull-parser", name: "pull-parser"
diff --git a/spring-webmvc/spring-webmvc.gradle b/spring-webmvc/spring-webmvc.gradle
index aa9dedb7a95..cb8bd88e583 100644
--- a/spring-webmvc/spring-webmvc.gradle
+++ b/spring-webmvc/spring-webmvc.gradle
@@ -45,9 +45,7 @@ dependencies {
 	testImplementation("org.apache.httpcomponents:httpclient")
 	testImplementation("commons-io:commons-io")
 	testImplementation("org.mozilla:rhino")
-	testImplementation("org.dom4j:dom4j") {
-		exclude group: 'javax.xml.bind', module: "jaxb-api"
-	}
+	testImplementation("org.dom4j:dom4j")
 	testImplementation("jaxen:jaxen")
 	testImplementation("org.xmlunit:xmlunit-assertj")
 	testImplementation("org.xmlunit:xmlunit-matchers")