diff --git a/sonar-keyware-plugins-java/pom.xml b/sonar-keyware-plugins-java/pom.xml
index fad5b25..32a9688 100644
--- a/sonar-keyware-plugins-java/pom.xml
+++ b/sonar-keyware-plugins-java/pom.xml
@@ -148,6 +148,61 @@
                         <goals>
                             <goal>shade</goal>
                         </goals>
+                        <configuration>
+                            <shadedArtifactAttached>false</shadedArtifactAttached>
+                            <createDependencyReducedPom>false</createDependencyReducedPom>
+                            <minimizeJar>true</minimizeJar>
+                            <filters>
+                                <filter>
+                                    <artifact>*:*</artifact>
+                                    <excludes>
+                                        <exclude>META-INF/LICENSE*</exclude>
+                                        <exclude>META-INF/NOTICE*</exclude>
+                                        <exclude>META-INF/*.RSA</exclude>
+                                        <exclude>META-INF/*.SF</exclude>
+                                        <exclude>LICENSE*</exclude>
+                                        <exclude>NOTICE*</exclude>
+                                    </excludes>
+                                </filter>
+                                <filter>
+                                    <artifact>cglib:cglib-nodep</artifact>
+                                    <includes>
+                                        <include>**</include>
+                                    </includes>
+                                </filter>
+                                <filter>
+                                    <artifact>org.sonarsource.java:java-frontend</artifact>
+                                    <includes>
+                                        <include>**</include>
+                                    </includes>
+                                </filter>
+                                <filter>
+                                    <artifact>xerces:xercesImpl</artifact>
+                                    <includes>
+                                        <include>**</include>
+                                    </includes>
+                                </filter>
+                                <filter>
+                                    <artifact>xml-apis:xml-apis</artifact>
+                                    <includes>
+                                        <include>**</include>
+                                    </includes>
+                                </filter>
+                                <filter>
+                                    <artifact>org.apache.tomcat.embed:tomcat-embed-jasper</artifact>
+                                    <includes>
+                                        <include>**</include>
+                                    </includes>
+                                </filter>
+                                <!-- this is needed because org.apache.el.ExpressionFactoryImpl is instantiated with reflection -->
+                                <filter>
+                                    <artifact>org.apache.tomcat.embed:tomcat-embed-el</artifact>
+                                    <includes>
+                                        <include>**</include>
+                                    </includes>
+                                </filter>
+                            </filters>
+                        </configuration>
                     </execution>
                 </executions>
             </plugin>