diff --git a/etc/scripts/validation/dependency-convergence.sh b/etc/scripts/validation/dependency-convergence.sh
index 9bcf4fed54..f92c012a3e 100755
--- a/etc/scripts/validation/dependency-convergence.sh
+++ b/etc/scripts/validation/dependency-convergence.sh
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ mvn -f ${WS_DIR}/pom.xml -Dexec.executable='echo' \
  -Dexec.args=${DEPENDENCY_GENERATION_PATTERN} \
  ${MVN_ARGS} \
  ${EXCLUDE_ARGS} \
+ -Pstaging \
  -pl '!:helloworld-benchmark' exec:exec -q > ${CURRENT_LOCATION}/${TEMP_FILE}
 
 #add the list of modules to the prepared pom.xml
diff --git a/examples/groovy/pom.xml b/examples/groovy/pom.xml
index 90d6463780..1a19209be6 100644
--- a/examples/groovy/pom.xml
+++ b/examples/groovy/pom.xml
@@ -42,6 +42,14 @@
                     <groupId>org.junit.jupiter</groupId>
                     <artifactId>junit-jupiter-api</artifactId>
                 </exclusion>
+                <exclusion>
+                    <groupId>org.junit.jupiter</groupId>
+                    <artifactId>junit-jupiter-engine</artifactId>
+                </exclusion>
+                <exclusion>
+                    <groupId>org.junit.platform</groupId>
+                    <artifactId>junit-platform-commons</artifactId>
+                </exclusion>
             </exclusions>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
diff --git a/media/json-gson/pom.xml b/media/json-gson/pom.xml
index 23062a7b7d..f432c7ca48 100644
--- a/media/json-gson/pom.xml
+++ b/media/json-gson/pom.xml
@@ -75,6 +75,12 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>com.google.code.gson</groupId>
             <artifactId>gson</artifactId>
+            <exclusions>
+                <exclusion>
+                    <groupId>com.google.errorprone</groupId>
+                    <artifactId>error_prone_annotations</artifactId>
+                </exclusion>
+            </exclusions>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.junit.jupiter</groupId>