diff --git a/azure-application-insights-spring-boot-starter/build.gradle b/azure-application-insights-spring-boot-starter/build.gradle
index 8e1896b702d..1477ca77b8b 100644
--- a/azure-application-insights-spring-boot-starter/build.gradle
+++ b/azure-application-insights-spring-boot-starter/build.gradle
@@ -76,25 +76,29 @@ shadowJar {
         // end excluding transitive dependencies
 
         exclude(dependency([group: 'org.apache.httpcomponents', name: 'httpasyncclient', version: '4.1.3']))
-        exclude(dependency([group: 'com.google.guava', name: 'guava', version: '20.0']))
+        exclude(dependency([group: 'com.google.guava', name: 'guava', version: '26.0-android']))
         exclude(dependency([group: 'com.google.code.gson', name: 'gson', version: '2.8.2']))
         
         // exclude gRPC and protobuf dependencies
         exclude(dependency([group: 'com.google.protobuf', name:'protobuf-java', version:'3.6.1']))
-        exclude(dependency([group: 'io.grpc', name: 'grpc-stub', version: '1.14.0']))
-        exclude(dependency([group: 'io.grpc', name: 'grpc-protobuf', version: '1.14.0']))
-        exclude(dependency([group: 'io.grpc', name: 'grpc-context', version: '1.14.0']))
+        exclude(dependency([group: 'io.grpc', name: 'grpc-stub', version: '1.16.1']))
+        exclude(dependency([group: 'io.grpc', name: 'grpc-protobuf', version: '1.16.1']))
+        exclude(dependency([group: 'io.grpc', name: 'grpc-context', version: '1.16.1']))
         exclude(dependency([group: 'com.google.code.gson', name: 'gson', version: '2.8.2']))
         exclude(dependency([group: 'com.google.guava', name: 'guava', version: '20.0']))
-        exclude(dependency([group: 'com.google.errorprone', name: 'error_prone_annotations', version: '2.1.2']))
-        exclude(dependency([group: 'com.google.code.findbugs', name: 'jsr305', version: '3.0.0']))
+        exclude(dependency([group: 'com.google.errorprone', name: 'error_prone_annotations', version: '2.2.0']))
+        exclude(dependency([group: 'com.google.code.findbugs', name: 'jsr305', version: '3.0.2']))
         exclude(dependency([group: 'io.opencensus', name: 'opencensus-api', version: '0.12.3']))
         exclude(dependency([group: 'io.opencensus', name: 'opencensus-contrib-grpc-metrics', version: '0.12.3']))
-        exclude(dependency([group: 'io.grpc', name: 'grpc-core', version: '1.14.0']))
+        exclude(dependency([group: 'io.grpc', name: 'grpc-core', version: '1.16.1']))
         exclude(dependency([group: 'com.google.protobuf', name: 'protobuf-java', version: '3.6.1']))
         exclude(dependency([group: 'com.google.api.grpc', name: 'proto-google-common-protos', version: '1.0.0']))
-        exclude(dependency([group: 'io.grpc', name: 'grpc-protobuf-lite', version: '1.14.0']))
-        exclude(dependency([group: 'io.grpc', name: 'grpc-netty-shaded', version: '1.14.0']))
+        exclude(dependency([group: 'io.grpc', name: 'grpc-protobuf-lite', version: '1.16.1']))
+        exclude(dependency([group: 'io.grpc', name: 'grpc-netty-shaded', version: '1.16.1']))
+        exclude(dependency([group: 'org.codehaus.mojo', name: 'animal-sniffer-annotations', version: '1.17']))
+        exclude(dependency([group: 'org.checkerframework', name: 'checker-compat-qual', version: '2.5.2']))
+        exclude(dependency([group: 'com.google.j2objc', name:'j2objc-annotations', version: '1.1']))
+
     }
     classifier=''
     relocate 'org.apache.commons', "${dependenciesPrefix}.apachecommons"