diff --git a/sample-code/spring-app/pom.xml b/sample-code/spring-app/pom.xml
index a873074dd..ce21ea15d 100644
--- a/sample-code/spring-app/pom.xml
+++ b/sample-code/spring-app/pom.xml
@@ -74,6 +74,12 @@
       <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
       <artifactId>spring-boot</artifactId>
       <version>${spring-boot.version}</version>
+      <exclusions>
+        <exclusion>
+          <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
+          <artifactId>spring-context</artifactId>
+        </exclusion>
+      </exclusions>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
@@ -127,6 +133,16 @@
       <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-web</artifactId>
       <version>${spring-boot.version}</version>
       <scope>runtime</scope>
+      <exclusions>
+        <exclusion>
+          <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
+          <artifactId>spring-webmvc</artifactId>
+        </exclusion>
+        <exclusion>
+          <groupId>ch.qos.logback</groupId>
+          <artifactId>logback-classic</artifactId>
+        </exclusion>
+      </exclusions>
     </dependency>
     <!-- scope "provided" -->
     <dependency>