diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 7709f2e60bd94f95dee6d5e176a084acb069e732..1163bfdf04d7376c354e99e7aab5dc3916a4851b 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -203,6 +203,10 @@
 						<artifactId>netty</artifactId>
 						<groupId>io.netty</groupId>
 					</exclusion>
+					<exclusion>
+						<groupId>com.github.spotbugs</groupId>
+						<artifactId>spotbugs-annotations</artifactId>
+					</exclusion>
 				</exclusions>
 				<version>${zookeeper.version}</version>
 			</dependency>