diff --git a/spring-boot-starters/spring-boot-starter-jta-narayana/pom.xml b/spring-boot-starters/spring-boot-starter-jta-narayana/pom.xml
index c39459c499a..920844e7405 100644
--- a/spring-boot-starters/spring-boot-starter-jta-narayana/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-boot-starters/spring-boot-starter-jta-narayana/pom.xml
@@ -22,6 +22,16 @@
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.jboss</groupId>
 			<artifactId>jboss-transaction-spi</artifactId>
+			<exclusions>
+				<exclusion>
+					<groupId>org.jboss.spec.javax.transaction</groupId>
+  					<artifactId>jboss-transaction-api_1.2_spec</artifactId>
+				</exclusion>
+				<exclusion>
+					<groupId>org.jboss.spec.javax.transaction</groupId>
+  					<artifactId>jboss-transaction-api_1.1_spec</artifactId>
+				</exclusion>
+			</exclusions>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.jboss.narayana.jta</groupId>