diff --git a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-hdfs/pom.xml b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-hdfs/pom.xml
index b16904d..816746c 100644
--- a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-hdfs/pom.xml
+++ b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-hdfs/pom.xml
@@ -183,6 +183,10 @@
       <scope>test</scope>
       <exclusions>
         <exclusion>
+          <groupId>net.minidev</groupId>
+          <artifactId>json-smart</artifactId>
+        </exclusion>
+        <exclusion>
           <groupId>log4j</groupId>
           <artifactId>log4j</artifactId>
         </exclusion>