diff --git a/apitest-commons/pom.xml b/apitest-commons/pom.xml
index c164141095..7e5aeb7fa6 100644
--- a/apitest-commons/pom.xml
+++ b/apitest-commons/pom.xml
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@
 		<aws.javasdk.version>1.11.368</aws.javasdk.version>
 
 		<!-- Hibernate version -->
-		<hibernate.version>6.5.2.Final</hibernate.version>
+		<hibernate.version>5.2.17.Final</hibernate.version>
 
 		<!-- automationtests version -->
 		<wink-json4j-provider.version>1.1.2-incubating</wink-json4j-provider.version>
@@ -471,6 +471,10 @@
 					<groupId>org.bouncycastle</groupId>
 					<artifactId>bcpkix-jdk15on</artifactId>
 				</exclusion>
+				<exclusion>
+					<groupId>org.hibernate.orm</groupId>
+					<artifactId>hibernate-core</artifactId>
+				</exclusion>
 			</exclusions>
 		</dependency>
 	</dependencies>