diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index c342668..2b58d03 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -66,6 +66,12 @@
             <groupId>eu.dnetlib.dhp</groupId>
             <artifactId>dnet-openaire-broker-common</artifactId>
             <version>3.1.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+	    <exclusions>
+		    <exclusion>
+			    <groupId>javax.validation</groupId>
+			    <artifactId>validation-api</artifactId>
+		    </exclusion>
+	    </exclusions>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>cglib</groupId>