diff --git a/webgoat/pom.xml b/webgoat/pom.xml
index a3cfc7a9c..f9fe0cabc 100644
--- a/webgoat/pom.xml
+++ b/webgoat/pom.xml
@@ -73,6 +73,12 @@
 			<groupId>commons-digester</groupId>
 			<artifactId>commons-digester</artifactId>
 			<version>1.4.1</version>
+			<exclusions>
+         			<exclusion>
+           				<groupId>xml-apis</groupId>
+           				<artifactId>xml-apis</artifactId>
+         			</exclusion>
+       			</exclusions>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>commons-logging</groupId>