diff --git a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-actuator-autoconfigure/build.gradle b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-actuator-autoconfigure/build.gradle
index 72c461af9b6..50d236750fa 100644
--- a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-actuator-autoconfigure/build.gradle
+++ b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-actuator-autoconfigure/build.gradle
@@ -123,9 +123,7 @@ dependencies {
 	optional("org.springframework.data:spring-data-cassandra") {
 		exclude group: "org.slf4j", module: "jcl-over-slf4j"
 	}
-	optional("org.springframework.data:spring-data-couchbase") {
-		exclude(group: "javax.inject", module: "javax.inject")
-	}
+	optional("org.springframework.data:spring-data-couchbase")
 	optional("org.springframework.data:spring-data-jpa")
 	optional("org.springframework.data:spring-data-ldap")
 	optional("org.springframework.data:spring-data-mongodb")
diff --git a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-actuator/build.gradle b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-actuator/build.gradle
index a0356cf4829..c4e39305917 100644
--- a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-actuator/build.gradle
+++ b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-actuator/build.gradle
@@ -66,9 +66,7 @@ dependencies {
 	optional("org.springframework.data:spring-data-cassandra") {
 		exclude group: "org.slf4j", module: "jcl-over-slf4j"
 	}
-	optional("org.springframework.data:spring-data-couchbase") {
-		exclude(group: "javax.inject", module: "javax.inject")
-	}
+	optional("org.springframework.data:spring-data-couchbase")
 	optional("org.springframework.data:spring-data-elasticsearch")  {
 		exclude(group: "commons-logging", module: "commons-logging")
 	}
diff --git a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-autoconfigure/build.gradle b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-autoconfigure/build.gradle
index 8da55716866..3ed2730ddfe 100644
--- a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-autoconfigure/build.gradle
+++ b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-autoconfigure/build.gradle
@@ -155,9 +155,7 @@ dependencies {
 	optional("org.springframework:spring-webflux")
 	optional("org.springframework:spring-webmvc")
 	optional("org.springframework.batch:spring-batch-core")
-	optional("org.springframework.data:spring-data-couchbase") {
-		exclude(group: "javax.inject", module: "javax.inject")
-	}
+	optional("org.springframework.data:spring-data-couchbase")
 	optional("org.springframework.data:spring-data-envers") {
 		exclude group: "javax.activation", module: "javax.activation-api"
 		exclude group: "javax.persistence", module: "javax.persistence-api"
diff --git a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-docs/build.gradle b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-docs/build.gradle
index 398002a731f..f55df27a85a 100644
--- a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-docs/build.gradle
+++ b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-docs/build.gradle
@@ -132,9 +132,7 @@ dependencies {
 	implementation("org.springframework.amqp:spring-rabbit")
 	implementation("org.springframework.batch:spring-batch-core")
 	implementation("org.springframework.data:spring-data-cassandra")
-	implementation("org.springframework.data:spring-data-couchbase") {
-		exclude group: "javax.inject", module: "javax.inject"
-	}
+	implementation("org.springframework.data:spring-data-couchbase")
 	implementation("org.springframework.data:spring-data-elasticsearch") {
 		exclude group: "commons-logging", module: "commons-logging"
 	}
diff --git a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-starters/spring-boot-starter-data-couchbase-reactive/build.gradle b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-starters/spring-boot-starter-data-couchbase-reactive/build.gradle
index 7a103f93818..3ae4f9bf008 100644
--- a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-starters/spring-boot-starter-data-couchbase-reactive/build.gradle
+++ b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-starters/spring-boot-starter-data-couchbase-reactive/build.gradle
@@ -7,7 +7,5 @@ description = "Starter for using Couchbase document-oriented database and Spring
 dependencies {
 	api(project(":spring-boot-project:spring-boot-starters:spring-boot-starter"))
 	api("io.projectreactor:reactor-core")
-	api("org.springframework.data:spring-data-couchbase") {
-		exclude group: "javax.inject", module: "javax.inject"
-	}
+	api("org.springframework.data:spring-data-couchbase")
 }
diff --git a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-starters/spring-boot-starter-data-couchbase/build.gradle b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-starters/spring-boot-starter-data-couchbase/build.gradle
index cda67ddad02..17742429df2 100644
--- a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-starters/spring-boot-starter-data-couchbase/build.gradle
+++ b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-starters/spring-boot-starter-data-couchbase/build.gradle
@@ -6,7 +6,5 @@ description = "Starter for using Couchbase document-oriented database and Spring
 
 dependencies {
 	api(project(":spring-boot-project:spring-boot-starters:spring-boot-starter"))
-	api("org.springframework.data:spring-data-couchbase") {
-		exclude group: "javax.inject", module: "javax.inject"
-	}
+	api("org.springframework.data:spring-data-couchbase")
 }
diff --git a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-test-autoconfigure/build.gradle b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-test-autoconfigure/build.gradle
index 2a520aa3433..623831519c1 100644
--- a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-test-autoconfigure/build.gradle
+++ b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-test-autoconfigure/build.gradle
@@ -38,9 +38,7 @@ dependencies {
 	optional("org.springframework.data:spring-data-cassandra") {
 		exclude group: "org.slf4j", module: "jcl-over-slf4j"
 	}
-	optional("org.springframework.data:spring-data-couchbase") {
-		exclude group: "javax.inject", module: "javax.inject"
-	}
+	optional("org.springframework.data:spring-data-couchbase")
 	optional("org.springframework.data:spring-data-elasticsearch")
 	optional("org.springframework.data:spring-data-jdbc")
 	optional("org.springframework.data:spring-data-jpa")