diff --git a/gradle/libs.versions.toml b/gradle/libs.versions.toml
index 776b6c88f597..fae327e2ac31 100644
--- a/gradle/libs.versions.toml
+++ b/gradle/libs.versions.toml
@@ -63,6 +63,7 @@ jackson214 = { strictly = "2.14.2"}
 jackson215 = { strictly = "2.15.2"} # see rich version usage explanation above
 jakarta-el-api = "3.0.3"
 jakarta-servlet-api = "6.1.0"
+javax-servlet-api = "4.0.1"
 jaxb-api = "2.3.1"
 jaxb-runtime = "2.3.9"
 jetty = "12.1.8"
@@ -204,6 +205,8 @@ jakarta-el-api = { module = "jakarta.el:jakarta.el-api", version.ref = "jakarta-
 jakarta-servlet = {module = "jakarta.servlet:jakarta.servlet-api", version.ref = "jakarta-servlet-api"}
 jetty-compression-server = { module = "org.eclipse.jetty.compression:jetty-compression-server", version.ref = "jetty" }
 jetty-compression-gzip = { module = "org.eclipse.jetty.compression:jetty-compression-gzip", version.ref = "jetty" }
+javax-servlet = { module = "javax.servlet:javax.servlet-api", version.ref = "javax-servlet-api" }
+jetty-server = { module = "org.eclipse.jetty:jetty-server", version.ref = "jetty" }
 jetty-servlet = { module = "org.eclipse.jetty.ee10:jetty-ee10-servlet", version.ref = "jetty" }
 junit-jupiter = { module = "org.junit.jupiter:junit-jupiter", version.ref = "junit" }
 junit-jupiter-engine = { module = "org.junit.jupiter:junit-jupiter-engine", version.ref = "junit" }
diff --git a/kafka-connect/build.gradle b/kafka-connect/build.gradle
index 009ae719bac5..307c9e8b269a 100644
--- a/kafka-connect/build.gradle
+++ b/kafka-connect/build.gradle
@@ -72,6 +72,8 @@ project(':iceberg-kafka-connect:iceberg-kafka-connect-runtime') {
     }
     all {
       exclude group: 'javax.activation', module: 'activation'
+      exclude group: 'com.sun.activation', module: 'jakarta.activation'
+      exclude group: 'javax.annotation', module: 'javax.annotation-api'
       exclude group: 'org.jspecify', module: 'jspecify'
       // force upgrades for dependencies with known vulnerabilities...
       resolutionStrategy {
diff --git a/spark/v3.4/build.gradle b/spark/v3.4/build.gradle
index ead4a32f49b0..d6453ab49885 100644
--- a/spark/v3.4/build.gradle
+++ b/spark/v3.4/build.gradle
@@ -174,6 +174,7 @@ project(":iceberg-spark:iceberg-spark-extensions-${sparkMajorVersion}_${scalaVer
 
     // Required because we remove antlr plugin dependencies from the compile configuration, see note above
     runtimeOnly libs.antlr.runtime
+    testRuntimeOnly libs.javax.servlet
     antlr libs.antlr.antlr4
   }
 
@@ -259,6 +260,7 @@ project(":iceberg-spark:iceberg-spark-runtime-${sparkMajorVersion}_${scalaVersio
     // runtime dependencies for running REST Catalog based integration test
     integrationRuntimeOnly project(path: ':iceberg-core', configuration: 'testArtifacts')
     integrationRuntimeOnly (project(path: ':iceberg-open-api', configuration: 'testFixturesRuntimeElements'))
+    integrationRuntimeOnly libs.javax.servlet
 
     // Not allowed on our classpath, only the runtime jar is allowed
     integrationCompileOnly project(":iceberg-spark:iceberg-spark-extensions-${sparkMajorVersion}_${scalaVersion}")
diff --git a/spark/v3.5/build.gradle b/spark/v3.5/build.gradle
index a69b78e5ad8e..20b7a889a38b 100644
--- a/spark/v3.5/build.gradle
+++ b/spark/v3.5/build.gradle
@@ -173,6 +173,7 @@ project(":iceberg-spark:iceberg-spark-extensions-${sparkMajorVersion}_${scalaVer
     testImplementation libs.parquet.hadoop
     testImplementation libs.awaitility
     testImplementation(testFixtures(project(':iceberg-parquet')))
+    testRuntimeOnly libs.javax.servlet
 
     // Required because we remove antlr plugin dependencies from the compile configuration, see note above
     runtimeOnly libs.antlr.runtime
@@ -261,6 +262,7 @@ project(":iceberg-spark:iceberg-spark-runtime-${sparkMajorVersion}_${scalaVersio
     // runtime dependencies for running REST Catalog based integration test
     integrationRuntimeOnly project(path: ':iceberg-core', configuration: 'testArtifacts')
     integrationRuntimeOnly (project(path: ':iceberg-open-api', configuration: 'testFixturesRuntimeElements'))
+    integrationRuntimeOnly libs.javax.servlet
 
     // Not allowed on our classpath, only the runtime jar is allowed
     integrationCompileOnly project(":iceberg-spark:iceberg-spark-extensions-${sparkMajorVersion}_${scalaVersion}")