SYNAPSE-1077: To change the version of a transitive dependency, a dependencyManagement entry is enough; there is no need to exclude the transitive dependency and add it as a direct dependency. In this particular case, this also avoids an unwanted transitive dependency on stax:stax-api (which is excluded in Axis2 and reappears if Jettison is added as a direct dependency).
synapse/trunk/java/modules/distribution/pom.xml
synapse/trunk/java/pom.xml