diff --git a/gradle/jar.gradle b/gradle/jar.gradle
index 25102ef15a760cee50997bb161c6a634ee99d61d..10ad39baefbe3243436dc1a0bf2b51dfca9d1754 100644
--- a/gradle/jar.gradle
+++ b/gradle/jar.gradle
@@ -14,5 +14,8 @@ shadowJar {
   baseName = projectName
   classifier = ''
   archiveVersion = ''
+  minimize{
+    exclude(dependency('io.micronaut:.*'))
+  }
   mergeServiceFiles()
 }