diff --git a/google-cloud-bigtable-emulator/pom.xml b/google-cloud-bigtable-emulator/pom.xml
index 117c959d3..5b8ed0d5a 100644
--- a/google-cloud-bigtable-emulator/pom.xml
+++ b/google-cloud-bigtable-emulator/pom.xml
@@ -150,6 +150,14 @@
       <groupId>com.google.truth</groupId>
       <artifactId>truth</artifactId>
       <scope>test</scope>
+      <exclusions>
+        <!-- TODO: consider a different approach -->
+        <!-- exclude to resolve conflict with guava -->
+        <exclusion>
+          <groupId>org.checkerframework</groupId>
+          <artifactId>checker-qual</artifactId>
+        </exclusion>
+      </exclusions>
     </dependency>
 
     <dependency>
diff --git a/google-cloud-bigtable/pom.xml b/google-cloud-bigtable/pom.xml
index 6f58f5e3f..38c680e0e 100644
--- a/google-cloud-bigtable/pom.xml
+++ b/google-cloud-bigtable/pom.xml
@@ -235,6 +235,8 @@
       <artifactId>truth</artifactId>
       <scope>test</scope>
       <exclusions>
+        <!-- TODO: consider a different approach -->
+        <!-- exclude to resolve conflict with guava -->
         <exclusion>
           <groupId>org.checkerframework</groupId>
           <artifactId>checker-qual</artifactId>
@@ -246,6 +248,8 @@
       <artifactId>truth-proto-extension</artifactId>
       <scope>test</scope>
       <exclusions>
+        <!-- TODO: consider a different approach -->
+        <!-- exclude to resolve conflict with guava -->
         <exclusion>
           <groupId>org.checkerframework</groupId>
           <artifactId>checker-qual</artifactId>