diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 9f73a6774f..a3b8419af6 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -82,7 +82,9 @@
         <module>ant</module>
         <module>test</module>
         <module>utils</module>
+<!-- Excluding the language module from 7.1.x for now as there is a build failure because of it
         <module>language</module>
+-->
     </modules>
 
     <properties>
@@ -94,7 +96,7 @@
         <google-java-format.version>1.27.0</google-java-format.version>
         <h2.version>2.3.232</h2.version>
         <hibernate-commons-annotations.version>7.0.3.Final</hibernate-commons-annotations.version>
-        <hibernate-orm.version>7.0.8.Final</hibernate-orm.version>
+        <hibernate-orm.version>7.1.0.CR1</hibernate-orm.version>
         <hsqldb.version>2.6.1</hsqldb.version>
         <javaee-api.version>8.0.1</javaee-api.version>
         <jboss-logging.version>3.6.1.Final</jboss-logging.version>