diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 77edfaf6a..1cfd0588d 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -177,6 +177,12 @@
             <groupId>org.neo4j</groupId>
             <artifactId>neo4j-graph-collections</artifactId>
             <version>${neo4j.graphcollections.version}</version>
+            <exclusions>
+                <exclusion>
+                    <groupId>org.neo4j</groupId>
+                    <artifactId>neo4j</artifactId>
+                </exclusion>
+            </exclusions>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.neo4j</groupId>
@@ -255,6 +261,12 @@
             <groupId>org.geotools</groupId>
             <artifactId>gt-shapefile</artifactId>
             <version>${geotools.version}</version>
+            <exclusions>
+                <exclusion>
+                    <groupId>jgridshift</groupId>
+                    <artifactId>jgridshift</artifactId>
+                </exclusion>
+            </exclusions>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.geotools</groupId>