diff --git a/app/pom.xml b/app/pom.xml
index 7bb7c2b2620..0aca5e74cb6 100644
--- a/app/pom.xml
+++ b/app/pom.xml
@@ -86,6 +86,7 @@
               <!-- Exclude META-INF directories that might conflict -->
               <artifact>*:*</artifact>
               <excludes>
+                <exclude>META-INF/maven/plugin.xml</exclude> <!-- MNG-8180 -->
                 <exclude>META-INF/*.SF</exclude>
                 <exclude>META-INF/*.DSA</exclude>
                 <exclude>META-INF/*.RSA</exclude>
diff --git a/benchmark/pom.xml b/benchmark/pom.xml
index 3e36210cc90..b7832623eeb 100644
--- a/benchmark/pom.xml
+++ b/benchmark/pom.xml
@@ -94,6 +94,7 @@
                                     -->
                                     <artifact>*:*</artifact>
                                     <excludes>
+                                        <exclude>META-INF/maven/plugin.xml</exclude> <!-- MNG-8180 -->
                                         <exclude>META-INF/*.SF</exclude>
                                         <exclude>META-INF/*.DSA</exclude>
                                         <exclude>META-INF/*.RSA</exclude>
diff --git a/debugger-app/pom.xml b/debugger-app/pom.xml
index 6365182221f..92db7789555 100644
--- a/debugger-app/pom.xml
+++ b/debugger-app/pom.xml
@@ -76,6 +76,7 @@
               <!-- Exclude META-INF directories that might conflict -->
               <artifact>*:*</artifact>
               <excludes>
+                <exclude>META-INF/maven/plugin.xml</exclude> <!-- MNG-8180 -->
                 <exclude>META-INF/*.SF</exclude>
                 <exclude>META-INF/*.DSA</exclude>
                 <exclude>META-INF/*.RSA</exclude>