diff --git a/org.eclipse.jgit.junit.ssh/pom.xml b/org.eclipse.jgit.junit.ssh/pom.xml
index f6fb01751..9c19e4986 100644
--- a/org.eclipse.jgit.junit.ssh/pom.xml
+++ b/org.eclipse.jgit.junit.ssh/pom.xml
@@ -55,6 +55,16 @@
       <groupId>org.apache.sshd</groupId>
       <artifactId>sshd-sftp</artifactId>
       <version>${apache-sshd-version}</version>
+      <exclusions>
+          <exclusion>
+              <groupId>org.apache.sshd</groupId>
+              <artifactId>sshd-core</artifactId>
+          </exclusion>
+          <exclusion>
+              <groupId>org.apache.sshd</groupId>
+              <artifactId>sshd-common</artifactId>
+          </exclusion>
+      </exclusions>
     </dependency>
 
     <dependency>
diff --git a/org.eclipse.jgit.ssh.apache/pom.xml b/org.eclipse.jgit.ssh.apache/pom.xml
index 2c48de1a7..020c1f945 100644
--- a/org.eclipse.jgit.ssh.apache/pom.xml
+++ b/org.eclipse.jgit.ssh.apache/pom.xml
@@ -50,6 +50,16 @@
       <groupId>org.apache.sshd</groupId>
       <artifactId>sshd-sftp</artifactId>
       <version>${apache-sshd-version}</version>
+      <exclusions>
+          <exclusion>
+              <groupId>org.apache.sshd</groupId>
+              <artifactId>sshd-core</artifactId>
+          </exclusion>
+          <exclusion>
+              <groupId>org.apache.sshd</groupId>
+              <artifactId>sshd-common</artifactId>
+          </exclusion>
+      </exclusions>
     </dependency>
 
     <dependency>