diff --git a/openecomp-be/lib/openecomp-sdc-validation-lib/openecomp-sdc-validation-impl/pom.xml b/openecomp-be/lib/openecomp-sdc-validation-lib/openecomp-sdc-validation-impl/pom.xml
index af26b68..e10a969 100644
--- a/openecomp-be/lib/openecomp-sdc-validation-lib/openecomp-sdc-validation-impl/pom.xml
+++ b/openecomp-be/lib/openecomp-sdc-validation-lib/openecomp-sdc-validation-impl/pom.xml
@@ -99,6 +99,12 @@
       <artifactId>httpmime</artifactId>
       <version>${httpclient.version}</version>
       <scope>compile</scope>
+      <exclusions>
+        <exclusion>
+          <groupId>org.apache.httpcomponents</groupId>
+          <artifactId>httpcore</artifactId>
+        </exclusion>
+      </exclusions>
     </dependency>
   </dependencies>