diff --git a/core/pom.xml b/core/pom.xml
index 862b08a1ed8969bba4a9d72e0dc28559adeaa489..126d2ee483fe77e22d536537bb316dae740618bf 100644
--- a/core/pom.xml
+++ b/core/pom.xml
@@ -502,10 +502,10 @@
           <groupId>xstream</groupId>
           <artifactId>xstream</artifactId>
         </exclusion>
-        <exclusion>
+        <!--exclusion>
           <groupId>xpp3</groupId>
           <artifactId>xpp3</artifactId>
-        </exclusion>
+        </exclusioni-->
         <exclusion>
           <groupId>com.tonicsystems</groupId>
           <artifactId>jarjar</artifactId>