diff --git a/spring-boot-dependencies/pom.xml b/spring-boot-dependencies/pom.xml
index e8a622e3366..9284ab56830 100644
--- a/spring-boot-dependencies/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-boot-dependencies/pom.xml
@@ -1727,6 +1727,12 @@
 				<groupId>org.hibernate</groupId>
 				<artifactId>hibernate-core</artifactId>
 				<version>${hibernate.version}</version>
+				<exclusions>
+					<exclusion>
+						<groupId>xml-apis</groupId>
+						<artifactId>xml-apis</artifactId>
+					</exclusion>
+				</exclusions>
 			</dependency>
 			<dependency>
 				<groupId>org.hibernate</groupId>
@@ -1737,6 +1743,12 @@
 				<groupId>org.hibernate</groupId>
 				<artifactId>hibernate-entitymanager</artifactId>
 				<version>${hibernate.version}</version>
+				<exclusions>
+					<exclusion>
+						<groupId>xml-apis</groupId>
+						<artifactId>xml-apis</artifactId>
+					</exclusion>
+				</exclusions>
 			</dependency>
 			<dependency>
 				<groupId>org.hibernate</groupId>