I understand this is older post but I am getting same problem. Can you please provide solution if it is resolved for you? Thanks ... View more

To be completely in control I often recommend to use a shading tool for libraries like this. Using maven shade or gradle shadow to make sure that your code references your version is a shure fire way to get this working.   When you build your project you "shade" the references in your code which means it always uses your version.   Wilfred ... View more