diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-external-data/pom.xml b/asterixdb/asterix-external-data/pom.xml
index 3b867ab..b189177 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-external-data/pom.xml
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-external-data/pom.xml
@@ -590,6 +590,10 @@
           <groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>
           <artifactId>hadoop-client-api</artifactId>
         </exclusion>
+        <exclusion>
+          <groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>
+          <artifactId>hadoop-client-runtime</artifactId>
+        </exclusion>
       </exclusions>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>