diff --git a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-dependencies/pom.xml b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-dependencies/pom.xml
index 7dd42d8c3b..d1d1e4bc2c 100644
--- a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-dependencies/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-dependencies/pom.xml
@@ -2052,12 +2052,6 @@
 				<groupId>org.hibernate</groupId>
 				<artifactId>hibernate-core</artifactId>
 				<version>${hibernate.version}</version>
-				<exclusions>
-					<exclusion>
-						<groupId>xml-apis</groupId>
-						<artifactId>xml-apis</artifactId>
-					</exclusion>
-				</exclusions>
 			</dependency>
 			<dependency>
 				<groupId>org.hibernate</groupId>
@@ -2068,12 +2062,6 @@
 				<groupId>org.hibernate</groupId>
 				<artifactId>hibernate-entitymanager</artifactId>
 				<version>${hibernate.version}</version>
-				<exclusions>
-					<exclusion>
-						<groupId>xml-apis</groupId>
-						<artifactId>xml-apis</artifactId>
-					</exclusion>
-				</exclusions>
 			</dependency>
 			<dependency>
 				<groupId>org.hibernate</groupId>