diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index d62a3c5..474a01c 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -113,6 +113,7 @@
                                     <artifact>*:*</artifact>
                                     <excludes>
                                         <exclude>module-info.class</exclude>
+                                        <exclude>javax/**/*</exclude>
                                     </excludes>
                                 </filter>
 <!--                            </filters>-->
diff --git a/src/main/java/eu/eudat/depositinterface/dataverserepository/interfaces/DataverseDeposit.java b/src/main/java/eu/eudat/depositinterface/dataverserepository/interfaces/DataverseDeposit.java
index 6df4854..87ed7df 100644
--- a/src/main/java/eu/eudat/depositinterface/dataverserepository/interfaces/DataverseDeposit.java
+++ b/src/main/java/eu/eudat/depositinterface/dataverserepository/interfaces/DataverseDeposit.java
@@ -102,11 +102,14 @@ public class DataverseDeposit implements RepositoryDeposit {
             Map<String, Object> datasetJson = this.getDatasetIdentifier(dmpDepositModel.getPreviousDOI());
             Identifier id = new Identifier();
             id.setId(((Integer) datasetJson.get("id")).longValue());
-            JsonNode jsonNode = this.objectMapper.readTree(new JSONObject(datasetJson).toString());
-            List<JsonNode> files = jsonNode.findValues("dataFile");
-            for(JsonNode file: files){
-                int fileId = file.get("id").asInt();
-                this.deleteFile(fileId);
+            JsonNode jsonNode = objectMapper.convertValue(datasetJson, JsonNode.class);
+            JsonNode latestVersion = jsonNode.get("latestVersion");
+            JsonNode files = latestVersion.get("files");
+            if(files.isArray()){
+                for (JsonNode file : files) {
+                    int fileId = file.get("dataFile").get("id").asInt();
+                    this.deleteFile(fileId);
+                }
             }
 
             this.uploadFiles(dmpDepositModel, dmpDepositModel.getPreviousDOI());