diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index eda18fdd12d333f254da20e8831855b5d8a1d585..6ee64d07c26ec14072d25c73142ccdb3668f46e2 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -565,6 +565,12 @@
             <groupId>org.apache.avro</groupId>
             <artifactId>avro-ipc</artifactId>
             <version>1.7.1.cloudera.2</version>
+            <exclusions>
+              <exclusion>
+                <groupId>org.jboss.netty</groupId>
+                <artifactId>netty</artifactId>
+              </exclusion>
+            </exclusions>
           </dependency>
         </dependencies>
       </dependencyManagement>
diff --git a/streaming/pom.xml b/streaming/pom.xml
index 08ff3e2ae12f48480d8d0526e6131254d127031e..4dc9a19d51fc114527d8807cdfdbb66d0a920e21 100644
--- a/streaming/pom.xml
+++ b/streaming/pom.xml
@@ -41,6 +41,12 @@
       <groupId>org.apache.flume</groupId>
       <artifactId>flume-ng-sdk</artifactId>
       <version>1.2.0</version>
+      <exclusions>
+        <exclusion>
+          <groupId>org.jboss.netty</groupId>
+          <artifactId>netty</artifactId>
+        </exclusion>
+      </exclusions>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.github.sgroschupf</groupId>