diff --git a/src/etc/poms/ant-junit/pom.xml b/src/etc/poms/ant-junit/pom.xml
index e3efe3d1e..68af37f76 100644
--- a/src/etc/poms/ant-junit/pom.xml
+++ b/src/etc/poms/ant-junit/pom.xml
@@ -140,6 +140,9 @@ xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/ma
           <excludes>
             <exclude>org/example/junit/*</exclude>
             <exclude>org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/optional/junit/*$*</exclude>
+            <!-- test fails as classloaders are different when run via Maven -->
+            <exclude>org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/optional/junit/JUnitTaskTest*</exclude>
+            <exclude>org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/optional/junit/JUnitClassLoaderTest*</exclude>
           </excludes>
         </configuration>
       </plugin>
diff --git a/src/etc/poms/ant-junitlauncher/pom.xml b/src/etc/poms/ant-junitlauncher/pom.xml
index 40282b7f6..c0a53df99 100644
--- a/src/etc/poms/ant-junitlauncher/pom.xml
+++ b/src/etc/poms/ant-junitlauncher/pom.xml
@@ -108,6 +108,8 @@
                     </systemProperties>
                     <excludes>
                         <exclude>org/example/junitlauncher/**</exclude>
+                        <!-- test fails as classloaders are different when run via Maven -->
+                        <exclude>org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/optional/junitlauncher/JUnitLauncherTaskTest*</exclude>
                     </excludes>
                 </configuration>
             </plugin>