diff --git a/tests/camel-kamelets-itest/pom.xml b/tests/camel-kamelets-itest/pom.xml
index 08117d7dc..198ac4703 100644
--- a/tests/camel-kamelets-itest/pom.xml
+++ b/tests/camel-kamelets-itest/pom.xml
@@ -161,6 +161,22 @@
             <groupId>org.citrusframework</groupId>
             <artifactId>citrus-validation-json</artifactId>
             <scope>test</scope>
+            <!-- The current camel jackson default is jackson 2 - citrus-validation-json brings in jackson 3 -->
+            <!-- dependencies which cause confusion when trying to resolve transformers and datatypes -->
+            <exclusions>
+                <exclusion>
+                    <groupId>tools.jackson.core</groupId>
+                    <artifactId>jackson-databind</artifactId>
+                </exclusion>
+                <exclusion>
+                    <groupId>tools.jackson.core</groupId>
+                    <artifactId>jackson-core</artifactId>
+                </exclusion>
+                <exclusion>
+                    <groupId>tools.jackson.dataformat</groupId>
+                    <artifactId>jackson-dataformat-yaml</artifactId>
+                </exclusion>
+            </exclusions>
         </dependency>
 
         <!-- Logging -->