diff --git a/appserver/tests/payara-samples/pom.xml b/appserver/tests/payara-samples/pom.xml
index 96fc9fb56cf..a7d0f525c83 100644
--- a/appserver/tests/payara-samples/pom.xml
+++ b/appserver/tests/payara-samples/pom.xml
@@ -524,6 +524,12 @@
             <artifactId>payara-client-ee8</artifactId>
             <scope>test</scope>
             <optional>true</optional>
+            <exclusions>
+                <exclusion>
+                    <groupId>org.glassfish.jersey.ext.cdi</groupId>
+                    <artifactId>jersey-cdi1x</artifactId>
+                </exclusion>
+            </exclusions>
         </dependency>
         <!-- needed for maven-war-plugin to work properly -->
         <dependency>
diff --git a/appserver/tests/payara-samples/samples/rest-management/pom.xml b/appserver/tests/payara-samples/samples/rest-management/pom.xml
index 501e128734d..53bacecd2ea 100644
--- a/appserver/tests/payara-samples/samples/rest-management/pom.xml
+++ b/appserver/tests/payara-samples/samples/rest-management/pom.xml
@@ -72,6 +72,12 @@
             <groupId>org.glassfish.jersey.ext.microprofile</groupId>
             <artifactId>jersey-mp-rest-client</artifactId>
             <scope>test</scope>
+            <exclusions>
+                <exclusion>
+                    <groupId>org.glassfish.jersey.ext.cdi</groupId>
+                    <artifactId>jersey-cdi1x</artifactId>
+                </exclusion>
+            </exclusions>
         </dependency>
     </dependencies>
 </project>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 3d66ed8eada..2afb13d0dac 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@
         <servlet-api.version>4.0.2</servlet-api.version>
         <grizzly.version>2.4.4.payara-p8</grizzly.version>
         <jax-rs-api.impl.version>2.1.6</jax-rs-api.impl.version>
-        <jersey.version>2.34.payara-p2</jersey.version>
+        <jersey.version>2.36.payara-p1</jersey.version>
         <jakarta.validation.version>2.0.2</jakarta.validation.version>
         <hibernate.validator.version>6.1.5.Final</hibernate.validator.version>
         <hibernate.validator-cdi.version>6.1.5.Final</hibernate.validator-cdi.version>