diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index e0c796b186578..f6f176d2004b7 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -975,6 +975,10 @@
             <groupId>com.esotericsoftware.kryo</groupId>
             <artifactId>kryo</artifactId>
           </exclusion>
+          <exclusion>
+            <groupId>org.apache.avro</groupId>
+            <artifactId>avro-mapred</artifactId>
+          </exclusion>
         </exclusions>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>