diff --git a/backend/pom.xml b/backend/pom.xml
index e4a9e5fd95..7ea261e740 100644
--- a/backend/pom.xml
+++ b/backend/pom.xml
@@ -105,6 +105,10 @@
                     <artifactId>slf4j-nop</artifactId>
                     <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
                 </exclusion>
+                <exclusion>
+                    <artifactId>servlet-api</artifactId>
+                    <groupId>javax.servlet</groupId>
+                </exclusion>
             </exclusions>
         </dependency>