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>
diff --git a/hyracks-fullstack/pom.xml b/hyracks-fullstack/pom.xml
index 69a8279..9ef0212 100644
--- a/hyracks-fullstack/pom.xml
+++ b/hyracks-fullstack/pom.xml
@@ -156,6 +156,10 @@
         <version>${hadoop.version}</version>
         <exclusions>
           <exclusion>
+            <groupId>net.minidev</groupId>
+            <artifactId>json-smart</artifactId>
+          </exclusion>
+          <exclusion>
             <groupId>com.nimbusds</groupId>
             <artifactId>nimbus-jose-jwt</artifactId>
           </exclusion>
@@ -472,6 +476,12 @@
         <artifactId>jetty-util-ajax</artifactId>
         <version>9.4.48.v20220622</version>
       </dependency>
+      <!-- Manually included to avoid CVE-2023-1370 -->
+      <dependency>
+        <groupId>net.minidev</groupId>
+        <artifactId>json-smart</artifactId>
+        <version>2.4.11</version>
+      </dependency>
     </dependencies>
   </dependencyManagement>
   <build>