diff --git a/dd-java-agent/instrumentation/servlet-3/servlet-3.gradle b/dd-java-agent/instrumentation/servlet-3/servlet-3.gradle
index 1837e0e5ba..48665c934e 100644
--- a/dd-java-agent/instrumentation/servlet-3/servlet-3.gradle
+++ b/dd-java-agent/instrumentation/servlet-3/servlet-3.gradle
@@ -5,6 +5,11 @@ muzzle {
     versions = "[3.0,)"
     assertInverse = true
   }
+  fail {
+    group = "javax.servlet"
+    module = 'servlet-api'
+    versions = "(,)"
+  }
 }
 
 apply from: "${rootDir}/gradle/java.gradle"