diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 5165f9361..b224f9b4e 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -49,7 +49,18 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
       <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-web</artifactId>
+      <exclusions>
+	<exclusion>
+        <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
+        <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-tomcat</artifactId>
+    </exclusion>
+    </exclusions>
     </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+    <groupId>org.apache.tomcat.embed</groupId>
+    <artifactId>tomcat-embed-el</artifactId>
+    <scope>provided</scope>
+</dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
       <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-thymeleaf</artifactId>