diff --git a/starter/spring-boot-starter-test/build.gradle b/starter/spring-boot-starter-test/build.gradle
index 67db1d65e6b..24f5c4e1b5f 100644
--- a/starter/spring-boot-starter-test/build.gradle
+++ b/starter/spring-boot-starter-test/build.gradle
@@ -22,11 +22,18 @@ description = "Starter for testing Spring Boot applications with libraries inclu
 
 dependencies {
 	api(project(":core:spring-boot-test"))
-	api(project(":module:spring-boot-restclient"))
+	api(project(":module:spring-boot-http-client")) {
+		transitive = false
+	}
+	api(project(":module:spring-boot-restclient")) {
+		transitive = false
+	}
 	api(project(":module:spring-boot-restclient-test"))
 	api(project(":module:spring-boot-test-autoconfigure"))
 	api(project(":module:spring-boot-web-server-test"))
-	api(project(":module:spring-boot-webclient"))
+	api(project(":module:spring-boot-webclient"))  {
+		transitive = false
+	}
 	api(project(":starter:spring-boot-starter"))
 	api("com.jayway.jsonpath:json-path")
 	api("jakarta.xml.bind:jakarta.xml.bind-api")