diff --git a/project/plugins.sbt b/project/plugins.sbt
index bdc4883f428..a5c6fd5a14f 100644
--- a/project/plugins.sbt
+++ b/project/plugins.sbt
@@ -37,6 +37,8 @@ addSbtPlugin(("org.apache.pekko" % "pekko-sbt-paradox" % "1.0.0").excludeAll(
   "com.lightbend.paradox", "sbt-paradox",
   "com.lightbend.paradox" % "sbt-paradox-apidoc",
   "com.lightbend.paradox" % "sbt-paradox-project-info"))
-addSbtPlugin(("com.lightbend.paradox" % "sbt-paradox" % "0.9.2").force())
-addSbtPlugin(("com.lightbend.paradox" % "sbt-paradox-apidoc" % "0.10.1").force())
-addSbtPlugin(("com.lightbend.paradox" % "sbt-paradox-project-info" % "2.0.0").force())
+addSbtPlugin(("com.lightbend.paradox" % "sbt-paradox" % "0.9.2").force().exclude("com.typesafe.sbt", "sbt-web"))
+addSbtPlugin(("com.lightbend.paradox" % "sbt-paradox-apidoc" % "0.10.1").force().exclude("com.typesafe.sbt", "sbt-web"))
+addSbtPlugin(("com.lightbend.paradox" % "sbt-paradox-project-info" % "2.0.0").force()
+  .exclude("com.typesafe.sbt", "sbt-web"))
+addSbtPlugin("com.github.sbt" % "sbt-web" % "1.5.4") // sbt-paradox 0.9.2 depends on old sbt-web 1.4.x, but we want a newer version