diff --git a/converter-SBGNML/pom.xml b/converter-SBGNML/pom.xml
index e89096497c135f69644423741fb0c63162c4dad4..a7e011a72b2c20d76082a5623698d956a1a07a57 100644
--- a/converter-SBGNML/pom.xml
+++ b/converter-SBGNML/pom.xml
@@ -90,6 +90,10 @@
 					<groupId>xml-apis</groupId>
 					<artifactId>xml-apis</artifactId>
 				</exclusion>
+				<exclusion>
+					<groupId>commons-collections</groupId>
+					<artifactId>commons-collections</artifactId>
+				</exclusion>
 				<!-- those two dependencies are causing #1139 when deployed on tomcat8
 					pacakge in ubuntu 16 -->
 				<exclusion>
diff --git a/web/pom.xml b/web/pom.xml
index 87657d5e76175c6f48cbf65f5a08e3d1790acbf0..647e67ff4bc7c8555c68d61c5ceac83195b36119 100644
--- a/web/pom.xml
+++ b/web/pom.xml
@@ -121,6 +121,10 @@
 					<groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
 					<artifactId>spring-webmvc</artifactId>
 				</exclusion>
+				<exclusion>
+					<groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
+					<artifactId>spring-web</artifactId>
+				</exclusion>
 			</exclusions>
 		</dependency>