diff --git a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-hdfs/pom.xml b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-hdfs/pom.xml
index 9528eaa..a35f816 100644
--- a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-hdfs/pom.xml
+++ b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-hdfs/pom.xml
@@ -132,6 +132,12 @@
       <type>test-jar</type>
       <classifier>tests</classifier>
       <scope>test</scope>
+      <exclusions>
+        <exclusion>
+          <groupId>io.netty</groupId>
+          <artifactId>netty-all</artifactId>
+        </exclusion>
+      </exclusions>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>
diff --git a/hyracks-fullstack/pom.xml b/hyracks-fullstack/pom.xml
index 86fe2d3..08ba1e7 100644
--- a/hyracks-fullstack/pom.xml
+++ b/hyracks-fullstack/pom.xml
@@ -151,6 +151,12 @@
         <groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>
         <artifactId>hadoop-hdfs</artifactId>
         <version>${hadoop.version}</version>
+        <exclusions>
+          <exclusion>
+            <groupId>io.netty</groupId>
+            <artifactId>netty-all</artifactId>
+          </exclusion>
+        </exclusions>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>