diff --git a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-actuator-autoconfigure/build.gradle b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-actuator-autoconfigure/build.gradle
index c901a3fc0af..83c2b7856bf 100644
--- a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-actuator-autoconfigure/build.gradle
+++ b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-actuator-autoconfigure/build.gradle
@@ -124,7 +124,9 @@ dependencies {
 	optional("org.springframework.data:spring-data-cassandra") {
 		exclude group: "org.slf4j", module: "jcl-over-slf4j"
 	}
-	optional("org.springframework.data:spring-data-couchbase")
+	optional("org.springframework.data:spring-data-couchbase") {
+		exclude(group: "javax.inject", module: "javax.inject")
+	}
 	optional("org.springframework.data:spring-data-jpa")
 	optional("org.springframework.data:spring-data-ldap")
 	optional("org.springframework.data:spring-data-mongodb")
diff --git a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-actuator/build.gradle b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-actuator/build.gradle
index 37325cfd7e1..5aaeb34caa1 100644
--- a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-actuator/build.gradle
+++ b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-actuator/build.gradle
@@ -66,7 +66,9 @@ dependencies {
 	optional("org.springframework.data:spring-data-cassandra") {
 		exclude group: "org.slf4j", module: "jcl-over-slf4j"
 	}
-	optional("org.springframework.data:spring-data-couchbase")
+	optional("org.springframework.data:spring-data-couchbase") {
+		exclude(group: "javax.inject", module: "javax.inject")
+	}
 	optional("org.springframework.data:spring-data-elasticsearch")  {
 		exclude(group: "commons-logging", module: "commons-logging")
 	}
diff --git a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-autoconfigure/build.gradle b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-autoconfigure/build.gradle
index 8ad026ce012..1e7877ee0c0 100644
--- a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-autoconfigure/build.gradle
+++ b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-autoconfigure/build.gradle
@@ -147,7 +147,9 @@ dependencies {
 	optional("org.springframework:spring-webflux")
 	optional("org.springframework:spring-webmvc")
 	optional("org.springframework.batch:spring-batch-core")
-	optional("org.springframework.data:spring-data-couchbase")
+	optional("org.springframework.data:spring-data-couchbase") {
+		exclude(group: "javax.inject", module: "javax.inject")
+	}
 	optional("org.springframework.data:spring-data-envers") {
 		exclude group: "javax.activation", module: "javax.activation-api"
 		exclude group: "javax.persistence", module: "javax.persistence-api"
diff --git a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-docs/build.gradle b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-docs/build.gradle
index dba2031dd9b..4c5087ab130 100644
--- a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-docs/build.gradle
+++ b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-docs/build.gradle
@@ -145,7 +145,9 @@ dependencies {
 	implementation("org.springframework.amqp:spring-rabbit")
 	implementation("org.springframework.batch:spring-batch-core")
 	implementation("org.springframework.data:spring-data-cassandra")
-	implementation("org.springframework.data:spring-data-couchbase")
+	implementation("org.springframework.data:spring-data-couchbase") {
+		exclude group: "javax.inject", module: "javax.inject"
+	}
 	implementation("org.springframework.data:spring-data-elasticsearch") {
 		exclude group: "commons-logging", module: "commons-logging"
 	}
diff --git a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-starters/spring-boot-starter-data-couchbase-reactive/build.gradle b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-starters/spring-boot-starter-data-couchbase-reactive/build.gradle
index 3ae4f9bf008..7a103f93818 100644
--- a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-starters/spring-boot-starter-data-couchbase-reactive/build.gradle
+++ b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-starters/spring-boot-starter-data-couchbase-reactive/build.gradle
@@ -7,5 +7,7 @@ description = "Starter for using Couchbase document-oriented database and Spring
 dependencies {
 	api(project(":spring-boot-project:spring-boot-starters:spring-boot-starter"))
 	api("io.projectreactor:reactor-core")
-	api("org.springframework.data:spring-data-couchbase")
+	api("org.springframework.data:spring-data-couchbase") {
+		exclude group: "javax.inject", module: "javax.inject"
+	}
 }
diff --git a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-starters/spring-boot-starter-data-couchbase/build.gradle b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-starters/spring-boot-starter-data-couchbase/build.gradle
index 17742429df2..cda67ddad02 100644
--- a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-starters/spring-boot-starter-data-couchbase/build.gradle
+++ b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-starters/spring-boot-starter-data-couchbase/build.gradle
@@ -6,5 +6,7 @@ description = "Starter for using Couchbase document-oriented database and Spring
 
 dependencies {
 	api(project(":spring-boot-project:spring-boot-starters:spring-boot-starter"))
-	api("org.springframework.data:spring-data-couchbase")
+	api("org.springframework.data:spring-data-couchbase") {
+		exclude group: "javax.inject", module: "javax.inject"
+	}
 }
diff --git a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-test-autoconfigure/build.gradle b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-test-autoconfigure/build.gradle
index 623831519c1..2a520aa3433 100644
--- a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-test-autoconfigure/build.gradle
+++ b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-test-autoconfigure/build.gradle
@@ -38,7 +38,9 @@ dependencies {
 	optional("org.springframework.data:spring-data-cassandra") {
 		exclude group: "org.slf4j", module: "jcl-over-slf4j"
 	}
-	optional("org.springframework.data:spring-data-couchbase")
+	optional("org.springframework.data:spring-data-couchbase") {
+		exclude group: "javax.inject", module: "javax.inject"
+	}
 	optional("org.springframework.data:spring-data-elasticsearch")
 	optional("org.springframework.data:spring-data-jdbc")
 	optional("org.springframework.data:spring-data-jpa")