diff --git a/components/apimgt/org.wso2.carbon.apimgt.persistence/pom.xml b/components/apimgt/org.wso2.carbon.apimgt.persistence/pom.xml
index 44f4ee7d386f..c078d6b0247a 100644
--- a/components/apimgt/org.wso2.carbon.apimgt.persistence/pom.xml
+++ b/components/apimgt/org.wso2.carbon.apimgt.persistence/pom.xml
@@ -102,6 +102,12 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.wso2.carbon.governance</groupId>
             <artifactId>org.wso2.carbon.governance.api</artifactId>
+            <exclusions>
+                <exclusion>
+                    <groupId>jboss</groupId>
+                    <artifactId>javassist</artifactId>
+                </exclusion>
+            </exclusions>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.wso2.carbon</groupId>