diff --git a/project/SparkBuild.scala b/project/SparkBuild.scala
index 8d7cbae8214e49489ae2ee673bdab74450a42d2c..45fd30a7c836408813b473df32db3197508c3be0 100644
--- a/project/SparkBuild.scala
+++ b/project/SparkBuild.scala
@@ -292,6 +292,7 @@ object SparkBuild extends Build {
       "org.apache.kafka" % "kafka_2.9.2" % "0.8.0-beta1"
         exclude("com.sun.jdmk", "jmxtools")
         exclude("com.sun.jmx", "jmxri")
+        exclude("net.sf.jopt-simple", "jopt-simple")
     )
   )
 
diff --git a/streaming/pom.xml b/streaming/pom.xml
index 8022c4fe18917a1a671ceed7d779c2bd54ae6705..7a9ae6a97ba7ff615e3e24c76923dc941d76b8f3 100644
--- a/streaming/pom.xml
+++ b/streaming/pom.xml
@@ -73,6 +73,10 @@
           <groupId>com.sun.jdmk</groupId>
           <artifactId>jmxtools</artifactId>
         </exclusion>
+        <exclusion>
+          <groupId>net.sf.jopt-simple</groupId>
+          <artifactId>jopt-simple</artifactId>
+        </exclusion>
       </exclusions>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>