diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index 3ddef1b2398..82a22f4922c 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -235,7 +235,9 @@ project("spring-core") {
 		optional("net.sf.jopt-simple:jopt-simple:3.0")
 		optional("log4j:log4j:1.2.17")
 		testCompile("xmlunit:xmlunit:1.3")
-		testCompile("org.codehaus.woodstox:wstx-asl:3.2.7")
+		testCompile("org.codehaus.woodstox:wstx-asl:3.2.7") {
+			exclude group: "stax", module: "stax-api"
+		}
 	}
 
 	jar {