diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 944d6287ad4..0f263d2de07 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -630,6 +630,10 @@
             <groupId>org.codehaus.sonar</groupId>
             <artifactId>sonar-deprecated</artifactId>
           </exclusion>
+          <exclusion>
+            <groupId>org.codehaus.sonar</groupId>
+            <artifactId>sonar-plugin-api</artifactId>
+          </exclusion>
         </exclusions>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>