diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci-java7.yaml b/.github/workflows/ci-java7.yaml
index 2c8257d45..e2ce98b22 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci-java7.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci-java7.yaml
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ jobs:
         # dailymotion-simple-cmdline-sample and google-http-client-assembly depend on
         # google-http-client-jackson2 
         mvn --batch-mode --show-version -ntp test \
-            --projects '!google-http-client-jackson2,!google-http-client-appengine,!samples/dailymotion-simple-cmdline-sample,!google-http-client-assembly' \
+            --projects '!google-http-client-jackson2,!google-http-client-appengine,!samples/dailymotion-simple-cmdline-sample,!google-http-client-assembly,!google-http-client-apache-v5' \
             -Dclirr.skip=true -Denforcer.skip=true -Dmaven.javadoc.skip=true \
             -Dgcloud.download.skip=true -T 1C \
             -Dproject.surefire.version=2.22.2 \