diff --git a/dspace-swordv2/pom.xml b/dspace-swordv2/pom.xml
index 1e799449898d..c5a2c02956d0 100644
--- a/dspace-swordv2/pom.xml
+++ b/dspace-swordv2/pom.xml
@@ -45,6 +45,20 @@
                     <groupId>org.glassfish.jersey.core</groupId>
                     <artifactId>jersey-common</artifactId>
                 </exclusion>
+                <!-- Exclude older Apache Geronimo dependencies as these are not Jakarta EE compatible
+                     and can cause runtime errors with newer Jakarta EE compatible dependencies -->
+                <exclusion>
+                    <groupId>org.apache.geronimo.specs</groupId>
+                    <artifactId>geronimo-activation_1.1_spec</artifactId>
+                </exclusion>
+                <exclusion>
+                    <groupId>org.apache.geronimo.specs</groupId>
+                    <artifactId>geronimo-javamail_1.4_spec</artifactId>
+                </exclusion>
+                <exclusion>
+                    <groupId>org.apache.geronimo.specs</groupId>
+                    <artifactId>geronimo-stax-api_1.0_spec</artifactId>
+                </exclusion>
             </exclusions>
         </dependency>