diff --git a/persistence-modules/spring-boot-persistence-2/pom.xml b/persistence-modules/spring-boot-persistence-2/pom.xml
index 58432a5c9c..b5cdfbafc9 100644
--- a/persistence-modules/spring-boot-persistence-2/pom.xml
+++ b/persistence-modules/spring-boot-persistence-2/pom.xml
@@ -49,6 +49,12 @@
         <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>
@@ -120,7 +126,6 @@
             <groupId>org.hsqldb</groupId>
             <artifactId>hsqldb</artifactId>
         </dependency>
-
     </dependencies>
 
     <build>