diff --git a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-hdfs/pom.xml b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-hdfs/pom.xml
index e5c1d06..6dd822b 100644
--- a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-hdfs/pom.xml
+++ b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-hdfs/pom.xml
@@ -104,6 +104,10 @@
           <artifactId>nimbus-jose-jwt</artifactId>
         </exclusion>
         <exclusion>
+          <groupId>org.apache.avro</groupId>
+          <artifactId>avro</artifactId>
+        </exclusion>
+        <exclusion>
           <groupId>javax.servlet.jsp</groupId>
           <artifactId>jsp-api</artifactId>
         </exclusion>
@@ -126,6 +130,10 @@
       <artifactId>hadoop-mapreduce-client-core</artifactId>
       <exclusions>
         <exclusion>
+          <groupId>org.apache.avro</groupId>
+          <artifactId>avro</artifactId>
+        </exclusion>
+        <exclusion>
           <groupId>com.sun.jersey.jersey-test-framework</groupId>
           <artifactId>jersey-test-framework-grizzly2</artifactId>
         </exclusion>