diff --git a/spring-boot-starters/spring-boot-starter-data-mongodb/pom.xml b/spring-boot-starters/spring-boot-starter-data-mongodb/pom.xml
index 5584f5ea142..26b0e25c688 100644
--- a/spring-boot-starters/spring-boot-starter-data-mongodb/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-boot-starters/spring-boot-starter-data-mongodb/pom.xml
@@ -30,6 +30,12 @@
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.springframework.data</groupId>
 			<artifactId>spring-data-mongodb</artifactId>
+			<exclusions>
+				<exclusion>
+					<groupId>org.mongodb</groupId>
+					<artifactId>mongo-java-driver</artifactId>
+				</exclusion>
+			</exclusions>
 		</dependency>
 	</dependencies>
 </project>