diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 5ecbd7059c1..cb16f16c229 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -51,6 +51,16 @@
                 <groupId>org.apache.abdera</groupId>
                 <artifactId>abdera-core</artifactId>
                 <version>1.1.3</version>
+                <exclusions>
+                  <exclusion>
+                    <groupId>org.apache.geronimo.specs</groupId>
+                    <artifactId>geronimo-stax-api_1.0_spec</artifactId>
+                  </exclusion>
+                  <exclusion>
+                    <groupId>org.apache.james</groupId>
+                    <artifactId>apache-mime4j-core</artifactId>
+                </exclusion>
+                </exclusions>
             </dependency>
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>org.apache.abdera</groupId>
@@ -125,18 +135,36 @@
             <groupId>io.gdcc</groupId>
             <artifactId>sword2-server</artifactId>
             <version>2.0.0</version>
+            <exclusions>
+                <exclusion>
+                    <groupId>xml-apis</groupId>
+                    <artifactId>xml-apis</artifactId>
+                </exclusion>
+            </exclusions>
         </dependency>
         <!-- Dependency to use sword2-server in our codebase -->
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.abdera</groupId>
             <artifactId>abdera-core</artifactId>
             <!-- no version here as managed in <dependencyManagement> above for convergence! -->
+            <exclusions>
+                <exclusion>
+                    <groupId>org.apache.geronimo.specs</groupId>
+                    <artifactId>geronimo-stax-api_1.0_spec</artifactId>
+                </exclusion>
+            </exclusions>
         </dependency>
         <!-- Dependency to use sword2-server in our codebase -->
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.abdera</groupId>
             <artifactId>abdera-i18n</artifactId>
             <!-- no version here as managed in <dependencyManagement> above for convergence! -->
+            <exclusions>
+                <exclusion>
+                    <groupId>org.apache.geronimo.specs</groupId>
+                    <artifactId>geronimo-stax-api_1.0_spec</artifactId>
+                </exclusion>
+            </exclusions>
         </dependency>
         
         <dependency>
@@ -247,7 +275,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.eclipse.parsson</groupId>
             <artifactId>jakarta.json</artifactId>
-            <scope>provided</scope>
+            <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
         
         <!-- JSON-B -->
@@ -473,6 +501,16 @@
             <groupId>com.github.ben-manes.caffeine</groupId>
             <artifactId>caffeine</artifactId>
             <version>3.1.8</version>
+            <exclusions>
+                <exclusion>
+                    <groupId>javax.xml.stream</groupId>
+                    <artifactId>stax-api</artifactId>
+                </exclusion>
+                <exclusion>
+                    <groupId>stax</groupId>
+                    <artifactId>stax-api</artifactId>
+                </exclusion>
+            </exclusions>
         </dependency>
         
         <!-- New and Improved GDCC XOAI library! -->
@@ -559,6 +597,12 @@
             <groupId>org.apache.tika</groupId>
             <artifactId>tika-parsers-standard-package</artifactId>
             <version>${tika.version}</version>
+            <exclusions>
+                <exclusion>
+                    <groupId>xml-apis</groupId>
+                    <artifactId>xml-apis</artifactId>
+                </exclusion>
+            </exclusions>
         </dependency>
         <!-- Named Entity Recognition -->
         <dependency>