diff --git a/data-model/pom.xml b/data-model/pom.xml
index 49f2cf21a2..965c929d69 100644
--- a/data-model/pom.xml
+++ b/data-model/pom.xml
@@ -188,7 +188,12 @@
                     <groupId>org.codehaus.woodstox</groupId>
                     <artifactId>woodstox-core-asl</artifactId>
                 </exclusion>
-            </exclusions>
+                <!-- [ACS-544] Excluded as conflicts with JDK9+ as it includes javax.transaction -->
+                <exclusion>
+                  <groupId>org.apache.geronimo.specs</groupId>
+                  <artifactId>geronimo-jta_1.1_spec</artifactId>
+                </exclusion>
+             </exclusions>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.chemistry.opencmis</groupId>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 273c3d97db..37b709e770 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -148,6 +148,13 @@
                 <groupId>xalan</groupId>
                 <artifactId>xalan</artifactId>
                 <version>2.7.2-alfresco</version>
+                <exclusions>
+                    <!-- [ACS-544] Excluded to avoid conflict in JDK9+ as it includes javax.xml and w3c.org -->
+                    <exclusion>
+                        <groupId>xml-apis</groupId>
+                        <artifactId>xml-apis</artifactId>
+                    </exclusion>
+                </exclusions>
             </dependency>
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>org.alfresco.services</groupId>
@@ -490,6 +497,13 @@
                 <groupId>xerces</groupId>
                 <artifactId>xercesImpl</artifactId>
                 <version>${dependency.xercesImpl.version}</version>
+                <exclusions>
+                    <!-- [ACS-544] Excluded to avoid conflict in JDK9+ as it includes javax.xml and w3c.org -->
+                    <exclusion>
+                        <groupId>xml-apis</groupId>
+                        <artifactId>xml-apis</artifactId>
+                    </exclusion>
+                </exclusions>
             </dependency>
             <!-- Newer metadata-extractor, used in TIKA, see ACS-370 -->
             <dependency>
@@ -697,4 +711,3 @@
     </build>
 
 </project>
-
diff --git a/repository/pom.xml b/repository/pom.xml
index a7b04eaf7f..0aed1ef5ed 100644
--- a/repository/pom.xml
+++ b/repository/pom.xml
@@ -249,11 +249,7 @@
             <groupId>xalan</groupId>
             <artifactId>xalan</artifactId>
         </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>xml-apis</groupId>
-            <artifactId>xml-apis</artifactId>
-            <version>1.4.01</version>
-        </dependency>
+        <!-- [ACS-544] xml-apis dependency excluded to avoid conflict in JDK9+ as it includes javax.xml and w3c. -->
         <dependency>
             <groupId>jakarta.annotation</groupId>
             <artifactId>jakarta.annotation-api</artifactId>
@@ -425,6 +421,11 @@
                 <groupId>org.codehaus.woodstox</groupId>
                 <artifactId>woodstox-core-asl</artifactId>
               </exclusion>
+              <!-- [ACS-544] Excluded as conflicts with JDK9+ as it includes javax.transaction -->
+              <exclusion>
+                <groupId>org.apache.geronimo.specs</groupId>
+                <artifactId>geronimo-jta_1.1_spec</artifactId>
+              </exclusion>
             </exclusions>
         </dependency>
 
@@ -1005,6 +1006,11 @@
                   <groupId>javax.annotation</groupId>
                   <artifactId>javax.annotation-api</artifactId>
               </exclusion>
+              <!-- [ACS-544] Excluded as conflicts with JDK9+ as it includes javax.transaction -->
+              <exclusion>
+                <groupId>org.apache.geronimo.specs</groupId>
+                <artifactId>geronimo-jta_1.1_spec</artifactId>
+              </exclusion>
             </exclusions>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>