diff --git a/repository/pom.xml b/repository/pom.xml
index 38a8979839..a9368ccbda 100644
--- a/repository/pom.xml
+++ b/repository/pom.xml
@@ -323,6 +323,12 @@
             <groupId>org.apache.poi</groupId>
             <artifactId>poi-scratchpad</artifactId>
             <version>${dependency.poi.version}</version>
+            <exclusions>
+                <exclusion>
+                    <groupId>org.apache.xmlbeans</groupId>
+                    <artifactId>xmlbeans</artifactId>
+                </exclusion>
+            </exclusions>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>javax.servlet</groupId>