diff --git a/webwolf/pom.xml b/webwolf/pom.xml
index bb748e427..385a0fbc5 100644
--- a/webwolf/pom.xml
+++ b/webwolf/pom.xml
@@ -57,11 +57,13 @@
             <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
             <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-data-jpa</artifactId>
         </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
-            <artifactId>spring-boot-devtools</artifactId>
-            <optional>true</optional>
-        </dependency>
+
+        <!-- devtools no longer working with Java 11 and Spring Boot version 1.* enable again once we move to 2.0-->
+        <!--<dependency>-->
+        <!--<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>-->
+        <!--<artifactId>spring-boot-devtools</artifactId>-->
+        <!--<optional>true</optional>-->
+        <!--</dependency>-->
 
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.webjars</groupId>