diff --git a/bundles/org.openhab.binding.dbquery/pom.xml b/bundles/org.openhab.binding.dbquery/pom.xml
index b945afe08..3f5436c1e 100644
--- a/bundles/org.openhab.binding.dbquery/pom.xml
+++ b/bundles/org.openhab.binding.dbquery/pom.xml
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@
     <dependency> <!-- also used for querydb library -->
       <artifactId>gson</artifactId>
       <groupId>com.google.code.gson</groupId>
-      <version>2.8.5</version>
+      <version>2.8.9</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <artifactId>gson-fire</artifactId>
diff --git a/bundles/pom.xml b/bundles/pom.xml
index 61d421499..010de5f84 100644
--- a/bundles/pom.xml
+++ b/bundles/pom.xml
@@ -580,6 +580,7 @@
             <configuration>
               <includeScope>runtime</includeScope>
               <includeTypes>jar</includeTypes>
+              <excludes>module-info.class</excludes>
               <excludeGroupIds>javax.activation,org.apache.karaf.features,org.lastnpe.eea</excludeGroupIds>
               <excludeArtifactIds>${dep.noembedding}</excludeArtifactIds>
               <outputDirectory>${project.build.directory}/classes</outputDirectory>