diff --git a/sdk-java/pom.xml b/sdk-java/pom.xml
index 7f1517a9..dbbc8441 100644
--- a/sdk-java/pom.xml
+++ b/sdk-java/pom.xml
@@ -22,6 +22,12 @@
       <groupId>io.grpc</groupId>
       <artifactId>grpc-protobuf</artifactId>
       <version>${grpc.version}</version>
+      <exclusions>
+        <exclusion>  <!-- declare the exclusion here -->
+          <groupId>com.google.guava</groupId>
+          <artifactId>guava</artifactId>
+        </exclusion>
+      </exclusions>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>dev.failsafe</groupId>