diff --git a/spring-webmvc/spring-webmvc.gradle b/spring-webmvc/spring-webmvc.gradle
index cb8bd88e583..aa9dedb7a95 100644
--- a/spring-webmvc/spring-webmvc.gradle
+++ b/spring-webmvc/spring-webmvc.gradle
@@ -45,7 +45,9 @@ dependencies {
 	testImplementation("org.apache.httpcomponents:httpclient")
 	testImplementation("commons-io:commons-io")
 	testImplementation("org.mozilla:rhino")
-	testImplementation("org.dom4j:dom4j")
+	testImplementation("org.dom4j:dom4j") {
+		exclude group: 'javax.xml.bind', module: "jaxb-api"
+	}
 	testImplementation("jaxen:jaxen")
 	testImplementation("org.xmlunit:xmlunit-assertj")
 	testImplementation("org.xmlunit:xmlunit-matchers")