diff --git a/skill-tree/pom.xml b/skill-tree/pom.xml
index 9c84716f..e15efd3b 100644
--- a/skill-tree/pom.xml
+++ b/skill-tree/pom.xml
@@ -91,30 +91,43 @@
             <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-security</artifactId>
         </dependency>
 
-        <!--   io.jsonwebtoken     -->
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>io.jsonwebtoken</groupId>
-            <artifactId>jjwt-api</artifactId>
-            <version>${io.jsonwebtoken.version}</version>
-        </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>io.jsonwebtoken</groupId>
-            <artifactId>jjwt-api</artifactId>
-            <version>${io.jsonwebtoken.version}</version>
-        </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>io.jsonwebtoken</groupId>
-            <artifactId>jjwt-impl</artifactId>
-            <version>${io.jsonwebtoken.version}</version>
-            <scope>runtime</scope>
-        </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>io.jsonwebtoken</groupId>
-            <artifactId>jjwt-jackson</artifactId>
-            <version>${io.jsonwebtoken.version}</version>
-        </dependency>
+        <!--   io.jsonwebtoken todo: uncomment-out when removing older version    -->
+<!--        <dependency>-->
+<!--            <groupId>io.jsonwebtoken</groupId>-->
+<!--            <artifactId>jjwt-api</artifactId>-->
+<!--            <version>${io.jsonwebtoken.version}</version>-->
+<!--        </dependency>-->
+<!--        <dependency>-->
+<!--            <groupId>io.jsonwebtoken</groupId>-->
+<!--            <artifactId>jjwt-api</artifactId>-->
+<!--            <version>${io.jsonwebtoken.version}</version>-->
+<!--        </dependency>-->
+<!--        <dependency>-->
+<!--            <groupId>io.jsonwebtoken</groupId>-->
+<!--            <artifactId>jjwt-impl</artifactId>-->
+<!--            <version>${io.jsonwebtoken.version}</version>-->
+<!--            <scope>runtime</scope>-->
+<!--        </dependency>-->
+<!--        <dependency>-->
+<!--            <groupId>io.jsonwebtoken</groupId>-->
+<!--            <artifactId>jjwt-jackson</artifactId>-->
+<!--            <version>${io.jsonwebtoken.version}</version>-->
+<!--        </dependency>-->
         <!--   io.jsonwebtoken     -->
 
+        <!--Start: todo: remove the below block when rolling back to new version -->
+                <dependency>
+                    <groupId>io.jsonwebtoken</groupId>
+                    <artifactId>jjwt</artifactId>
+                    <version>0.9.1</version>
+                </dependency>
+        <!-- This package is required by the jjwt library versions < 0.10.0 - https://github.com/jwtk/jjwt/issues/297               -->
+                <dependency>
+                    <groupId>javax.xml.bind</groupId>
+                    <artifactId>jaxb-api</artifactId>
+                    <version>2.3.1</version>
+                </dependency>
+        <!--End-->
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
             <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-actuator</artifactId>