diff --git a/distribution/server/src/assemble/LICENSE.bin.txt b/distribution/server/src/assemble/LICENSE.bin.txt
index 8b81a874523fa..f59e6c9eeffe5 100644
--- a/distribution/server/src/assemble/LICENSE.bin.txt
+++ b/distribution/server/src/assemble/LICENSE.bin.txt
@@ -516,9 +516,7 @@ Protocol Buffers License
 CDDL-1.1 -- licenses/LICENSE-CDDL-1.1.txt
  * Java Annotations API
     - javax.annotation-javax.annotation-api-1.2.jar
-    - javax.activation-javax.activation-api-1.2.0.jar
     - com.sun.activation-javax.activation-1.2.0.jar
-    - javax.xml.bind-activation-1.0.2.jar
     - javax.xml.bind-jaxb-api-2.3.1.jar
  * Java Servlet API -- javax.servlet-javax.servlet-api-3.1.0.jar
  * WebSocket Server API -- javax.websocket-javax.websocket-client-api-1.0.jar
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 7c97e432b6e1a..e0e01e2607267 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -976,9 +976,9 @@ flexible messaging model and an intuitive client API.</description>
       </dependency>
 
       <dependency>
-        <groupId>javax.xml.bind</groupId>
-        <artifactId>activation</artifactId>
-        <version>1.0.2</version>
+        <groupId>com.sun.activation</groupId>
+        <artifactId>javax.activation</artifactId>
+        <version>1.2.0</version>
       </dependency>
 
       <dependency>
diff --git a/pulsar-broker/pom.xml b/pulsar-broker/pom.xml
index c9f7e364ea86b..331f2d484e0d0 100644
--- a/pulsar-broker/pom.xml
+++ b/pulsar-broker/pom.xml
@@ -286,11 +286,17 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>javax.xml.bind</groupId>
       <artifactId>jaxb-api</artifactId>
+      <exclusions>
+        <exclusion>
+          <groupId>javax.activation</groupId>
+          <artifactId>javax.activation-api</artifactId>
+        </exclusion>
+      </exclusions>
     </dependency>
 
     <dependency>
-      <groupId>javax.xml.bind</groupId>
-      <artifactId>activation</artifactId>
+      <groupId>com.sun.activation</groupId>
+      <artifactId>javax.activation</artifactId>
     </dependency>
   </dependencies>
 
diff --git a/pulsar-client-admin/pom.xml b/pulsar-client-admin/pom.xml
index 430bf3b29c723..b65d986903c7f 100644
--- a/pulsar-client-admin/pom.xml
+++ b/pulsar-client-admin/pom.xml
@@ -65,15 +65,21 @@
       <artifactId>jersey-hk2</artifactId>
     </dependency>
 
-   <dependency>
-     <groupId>javax.xml.bind</groupId>
-     <artifactId>jaxb-api</artifactId>
-   </dependency>
-
-   <dependency>
-     <groupId>javax.xml.bind</groupId>
-     <artifactId>activation</artifactId>
-   </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>javax.xml.bind</groupId>
+      <artifactId>jaxb-api</artifactId>
+      <exclusions>
+        <exclusion>
+          <groupId>javax.activation</groupId>
+          <artifactId>javax.activation-api</artifactId>
+        </exclusion>
+      </exclusions>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>com.sun.activation</groupId>
+      <artifactId>javax.activation</artifactId>
+      <scope>runtime</scope>
+    </dependency>
 
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
diff --git a/pulsar-discovery-service/pom.xml b/pulsar-discovery-service/pom.xml
index 10e1522ecbd0b..1d03e21bd5312 100644
--- a/pulsar-discovery-service/pom.xml
+++ b/pulsar-discovery-service/pom.xml
@@ -138,8 +138,8 @@
     </dependency>
 
     <dependency>
-      <groupId>javax.xml.bind</groupId>
-      <artifactId>activation</artifactId>
+      <groupId>com.sun.activation</groupId>
+      <artifactId>javax.activation</artifactId>
     </dependency>
 
     <dependency>
diff --git a/pulsar-proxy/pom.xml b/pulsar-proxy/pom.xml
index 061ed93ee9ef2..51cbc603b5e77 100644
--- a/pulsar-proxy/pom.xml
+++ b/pulsar-proxy/pom.xml
@@ -99,15 +99,15 @@
       <artifactId>jersey-hk2</artifactId>
     </dependency>
 
-   <dependency>
-     <groupId>javax.xml.bind</groupId>
-     <artifactId>jaxb-api</artifactId>
-   </dependency>
-
-   <dependency>
-     <groupId>javax.xml.bind</groupId>
-     <artifactId>activation</artifactId>
-   </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>javax.xml.bind</groupId>
+      <artifactId>jaxb-api</artifactId>
+    </dependency>
+
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>com.sun.activation</groupId>
+      <artifactId>javax.activation</artifactId>
+    </dependency>
 
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
diff --git a/pulsar-sql/presto-distribution/LICENSE b/pulsar-sql/presto-distribution/LICENSE
index 9bf082c5eb1a0..1e4df50b7b2cb 100644
--- a/pulsar-sql/presto-distribution/LICENSE
+++ b/pulsar-sql/presto-distribution/LICENSE
@@ -504,9 +504,7 @@ CDDL-1.1 -- licenses/LICENSE-CDDL-1.1.txt
  * Java Annotations API
    - javax.annotation-api-1.2.jar
    - javax.annotation-api-1.3.1.jar
-   - javax.activation-api-1.2.0.jar
    - javax.activation-1.2.0.jar
-   - activation-1.0.2.jar
  * HK2 - Dependency Injection Kernel
    - hk2-api-2.5.0-b42.jar
    - hk2-locator-2.5.0-b42.jar
@@ -520,7 +518,6 @@ CDDL-1.1 -- licenses/LICENSE-CDDL-1.1.txt
     - jersey-media-jaxb-2.26.jar
     - jersey-server-2.26.jar
     - jersey-common-2.26.jar
- * JavaBeans(TM) Activation Framework -- activation-1.1.1.jar
  * JAXB
     - jaxb-api-2.2.6.jar
     - jaxb-api-2.3.1.jar
diff --git a/pulsar-sql/presto-distribution/pom.xml b/pulsar-sql/presto-distribution/pom.xml
index 15b4ab2df0010..98347c55fb274 100644
--- a/pulsar-sql/presto-distribution/pom.xml
+++ b/pulsar-sql/presto-distribution/pom.xml
@@ -64,6 +64,10 @@
                     <groupId>com.sun</groupId>
                     <artifactId>tools</artifactId>
                 </exclusion>
+                <exclusion>
+                    <groupId>javax.activation</groupId>
+                    <artifactId>activation</artifactId>
+                </exclusion>
             </exclusions>
         </dependency>