diff --git a/debezium-assembly-descriptors/src/main/resources/assemblies/connector-distribution-no-drivers.xml b/debezium-assembly-descriptors/src/main/resources/assemblies/connector-distribution-no-drivers.xml
index e57097511..6167a8131 100644
--- a/debezium-assembly-descriptors/src/main/resources/assemblies/connector-distribution-no-drivers.xml
+++ b/debezium-assembly-descriptors/src/main/resources/assemblies/connector-distribution-no-drivers.xml
@@ -14,9 +14,14 @@
           <unpack>false</unpack>
           <scope>runtime</scope>
           <useProjectArtifact>false</useProjectArtifact>
+          <useTransitiveFiltering>true</useTransitiveFiltering>
           <excludes>
               <!-- Exclude dependencies of Kafka APIs, since they will be available in the runtime -->
               <exclude>com.fasterxml.jackson.core:jackson-core:*</exclude>
+              <exclude>com.fasterxml.jackson.core:jackson-databind:*</exclude>
+              <exclude>com.fasterxml.jackson.core:jackson-annotations:*</exclude>
+              <exclude>com.fasterxml.jackson.datatype:jackson-datatype-jsr310:*</exclude>
+              <exclude>org.reflections:reflections:*</exclude>
 
               <!-- Exclude connection drivers -->
 	      <exclude>${assembly.exclude.1}</exclude>
diff --git a/debezium-assembly-descriptors/src/main/resources/assemblies/connector-distribution.xml b/debezium-assembly-descriptors/src/main/resources/assemblies/connector-distribution.xml
index e82076239..4edf31a9f 100644
--- a/debezium-assembly-descriptors/src/main/resources/assemblies/connector-distribution.xml
+++ b/debezium-assembly-descriptors/src/main/resources/assemblies/connector-distribution.xml
@@ -14,12 +14,14 @@
           <unpack>false</unpack>
           <scope>runtime</scope>
           <useProjectArtifact>false</useProjectArtifact>
+          <useTransitiveFiltering>true</useTransitiveFiltering>
           <excludes>
               <!-- Exclude dependencies of Kafka APIs, since they will be available in the runtime -->
               <exclude>com.fasterxml.jackson.core:jackson-core:*</exclude>
               <exclude>com.fasterxml.jackson.core:jackson-databind:*</exclude>
               <exclude>com.fasterxml.jackson.core:jackson-annotations:*</exclude>
               <exclude>com.fasterxml.jackson.datatype:jackson-datatype-jsr310:*</exclude>
+              <exclude>org.reflections:reflections:*</exclude>
           </excludes>
       </dependencySet>
       <dependencySet>