diff --git a/concordium-android-sdk/pom.xml b/concordium-android-sdk/pom.xml
index 667807d52..ef37452e2 100644
--- a/concordium-android-sdk/pom.xml
+++ b/concordium-android-sdk/pom.xml
@@ -99,6 +99,12 @@
             <groupId>org.bitcoinj</groupId>
             <artifactId>bitcoinj-core</artifactId>
             <version>0.16.2</version>
+            <exclusions>
+                <exclusion>
+                    <groupId>com.google.protobuf</groupId>
+                    <artifactId>protobuf-javalite</artifactId>
+                </exclusion>
+            </exclusions>
         </dependency>
     </dependencies>