diff --git a/persistence-modules/spring-boot-persistence-2/pom.xml b/persistence-modules/spring-boot-persistence-2/pom.xml
index b5cdfbafc9..33b33d7160 100644
--- a/persistence-modules/spring-boot-persistence-2/pom.xml
+++ b/persistence-modules/spring-boot-persistence-2/pom.xml
@@ -49,12 +49,6 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
             <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-data-jpa</artifactId>
-            <exclusions>
-                <exclusion>
-                    <groupId>com.zaxxer</groupId>
-                    <artifactId>HikariCP</artifactId>
-                </exclusion>
-            </exclusions>
         </dependency>
 
         <dependency>
diff --git a/persistence-modules/spring-boot-persistence/pom.xml b/persistence-modules/spring-boot-persistence/pom.xml
index 99c00f6784..c58e8dbf86 100644
--- a/persistence-modules/spring-boot-persistence/pom.xml
+++ b/persistence-modules/spring-boot-persistence/pom.xml
@@ -26,6 +26,12 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
             <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-data-jpa</artifactId>
+            <exclusions>
+                <exclusion>
+                    <groupId>com.zaxxer</groupId>
+                    <artifactId>HikariCP</artifactId>
+                </exclusion>
+            </exclusions>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>