diff --git a/bom/runtime/pom.xml b/bom/runtime/pom.xml
index 7dd4f589e19b2..e605b7c4427ec 100644
--- a/bom/runtime/pom.xml
+++ b/bom/runtime/pom.xml
@@ -169,7 +169,6 @@
         <subethasmtp.version>3.1.7</subethasmtp.version>
         <hibernate-quarkus-local-cache.version>0.1.0</hibernate-quarkus-local-cache.version>
         <kubernetes-client.version>4.10.2</kubernetes-client.version>
-        <sundr.version>0.19.1</sundr.version> <!-- this is to avoid annoying pop-up in eclipse about failure to init Velocity logging -->
         <flapdoodle.mongo.version>2.2.0</flapdoodle.mongo.version>
         <quarkus-spring-api.version>5.2.SP4</quarkus-spring-api.version>
         <quarkus-spring-data-api.version>2.1.SP1</quarkus-spring-data-api.version>
@@ -1668,11 +1667,6 @@
                     </exclusion>
                 </exclusions>
             </dependency>
-            <dependency>
-                <groupId>io.sundr</groupId>
-                <artifactId>builder-annotations</artifactId>
-                <version>${sundr.version}</version>
-            </dependency>
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>jakarta.activation</groupId>
                 <artifactId>jakarta.activation-api</artifactId>
diff --git a/test-framework/kubernetes-client/pom.xml b/test-framework/kubernetes-client/pom.xml
index 35e9cea6aae42..8574747a455ae 100644
--- a/test-framework/kubernetes-client/pom.xml
+++ b/test-framework/kubernetes-client/pom.xml
@@ -42,6 +42,10 @@
                     <groupId>jakarta.xml.bind</groupId>
                     <artifactId>jakarta.xml.bind-api</artifactId>
                 </exclusion>
+                <exclusion>
+                  <groupId>io.sundr</groupId>
+                  <artifactId>*</artifactId>
+                </exclusion>
             </exclusions>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>