diff --git a/basyx.aasdigitaltwinregistry/basyx.digitaltwinregistry.component/pom.xml b/basyx.aasdigitaltwinregistry/basyx.digitaltwinregistry.component/pom.xml
index 3aace73b2..398387297 100644
--- a/basyx.aasdigitaltwinregistry/basyx.digitaltwinregistry.component/pom.xml
+++ b/basyx.aasdigitaltwinregistry/basyx.digitaltwinregistry.component/pom.xml
@@ -179,7 +179,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.codehaus.woodstox</groupId>
             <artifactId>stax2-api</artifactId>
-            <version>4.3.1</version>
+            <version>4.3.2</version>
         </dependency>
 
         <dependency>
diff --git a/basyx.aasdiscoveryservice/basyx.aasdiscoveryservice-backend-mongodb/pom.xml b/basyx.aasdiscoveryservice/basyx.aasdiscoveryservice-backend-mongodb/pom.xml
index 9d576bd9a..b64da2b13 100644
--- a/basyx.aasdiscoveryservice/basyx.aasdiscoveryservice-backend-mongodb/pom.xml
+++ b/basyx.aasdiscoveryservice/basyx.aasdiscoveryservice-backend-mongodb/pom.xml
@@ -60,6 +60,13 @@
 			<groupId>com.querydsl</groupId>
 			<artifactId>querydsl-mongodb</artifactId>
 			<version>${querydsl-version}</version>
+			<exclusions>
+				<!-- Spring Boot supplies the MongoDB driver; the legacy bundled driver conflicts with it. -->
+				<exclusion>
+					<groupId>org.mongodb</groupId>
+					<artifactId>mongo-java-driver</artifactId>
+				</exclusion>
+			</exclusions>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>jakarta.persistence</groupId>