diff --git a/sdi-plugins/pom.xml b/sdi-plugins/pom.xml
index 449764f..d1ac857 100644
--- a/sdi-plugins/pom.xml
+++ b/sdi-plugins/pom.xml
@@ -59,6 +59,7 @@
 			<groupId>org.gcube.spatial.data</groupId>
 			<artifactId>gis-interface</artifactId>
 			<version>[2.4.6,3.0.0-SNAPSHOT)</version>
+			<!-- exclusion due to https://support.d4science.org/issues/26454#note-6 -->
 			<exclusions>
 				<exclusion>
 					<groupId>org.freemarker</groupId>