diff --git a/appserver/pom.xml b/appserver/pom.xml
index f0f1135997d..25f5baf85e4 100644
--- a/appserver/pom.xml
+++ b/appserver/pom.xml
@@ -847,6 +847,12 @@
                 <groupId>org.glassfish.fighterfish</groupId>
                 <artifactId>osgi-javaee-base</artifactId>
                 <version>1.0.7</version>
+                <exclusions>
+                    <exclusion>
+                        <groupId>org.glassfish.hk2.external</groupId>
+                        <artifactId>bean-validator</artifactId>
+                    </exclusion>
+                </exclusions>
             </dependency>
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>org.glassfish.fighterfish</groupId>
diff --git a/nucleus/pom.xml b/nucleus/pom.xml
index bb041d90973..bfe802af411 100644
--- a/nucleus/pom.xml
+++ b/nucleus/pom.xml
@@ -195,8 +195,8 @@
         <servlet-api.version>3.1.0</servlet-api.version>
         <grizzly.version>2.3.27</grizzly.version>
         <saaj-api.version>1.3.4</saaj-api.version>
-        <hk2.version>2.5.0-b33</hk2.version>
-        <hk2.plugin.version>2.5.0-b33</hk2.plugin.version>
+        <hk2.version>2.5.0-b35</hk2.version>
+        <hk2.plugin.version>2.5.0-b35</hk2.plugin.version>
         <hibernate.validator.version>5.2.4.Final</hibernate.validator.version>
         <javax.validation.version>1.1.0.Final</javax.validation.version>
         <classmate.version>1.3.3</classmate.version>