diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 3ccc4bdd12aa7caa90917d7b420c5d0a70e93444..8b587459986547c86110f7082efe8b3babb93995 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -230,9 +230,8 @@ THE SOFTWARE.
         <artifactId>access-modifier-annotation</artifactId>
         <version>${access-modifier-annotation.version}</version>
       </dependency>
-      <!--  make sure these plugins are never used by us or by any plugins which end up depening on this version -->
-
       <dependency>
+        <!--  make sure these old servlet versions are never used by us or by any plugins which end up depening on this version -->
         <!-- Jenkins test Harness tries to fudge this, causes issues with some IDEs -->
         <groupId>javax.servlet</groupId>
         <!-- the old artifactID for the servlet API -->