diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 95f9e53..16c694d 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@
 								<excludes>
 									<exclude>org.spigotmc:spigot-api</exclude>
 									<exclude>com.github.TBMCPlugins.ButtonCore:ButtonCore</exclude>
+									<exclude>net.ess3:Essentials</exclude>
 								</excludes> <!-- TODO: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/28458058/maven-shade-plugin-exclude-a-dependency-and-all-its-transitive-dependencies -->
 							</artifactSet>
 							<pluginExecution>