diff --git a/debezium-assembly-descriptors/src/main/resources/assemblies/server-distribution.xml b/debezium-assembly-descriptors/src/main/resources/assemblies/server-distribution.xml
index eebe73e75..e672771db 100644
--- a/debezium-assembly-descriptors/src/main/resources/assemblies/server-distribution.xml
+++ b/debezium-assembly-descriptors/src/main/resources/assemblies/server-distribution.xml
@@ -14,6 +14,18 @@
           <unpack>false</unpack>
           <scope>runtime</scope>
           <useProjectArtifact>false</useProjectArtifact>
+          <useTransitiveFiltering>true</useTransitiveFiltering>
+          <excludes>
+            <exclude>org.apache.kafka:kafka-tools:*</exclude>
+            <exclude>com.github.luben:zstd-jni:*</exclude>
+            <exclude>org.lz4:lz4-java:*</exclude>
+            <exclude>org.xerial.snappy:snappy-java:*</exclude>
+            <exclude>javax.ws.rs:javax.ws.rs-api:*</exclude>
+            <exclude>org.apache.kafka:connect-file:*</exclude>
+            <exclude>org.glassfish.jersey.*:*:*</exclude>
+            <exclude>org.eclipse.jetty:*:*</exclude>
+            <exclude>org.apache.maven:*:*</exclude>
+          </excludes>
       </dependencySet>
   </dependencySets>
   <fileSets>