diff --git a/cdap-ranger/pom.xml b/cdap-ranger/pom.xml
index 77564bd..eb77342 100644
--- a/cdap-ranger/pom.xml
+++ b/cdap-ranger/pom.xml
@@ -118,6 +118,11 @@
           </exclusion>
         </exclusions>
       </dependency>
+      <dependency>
+        <groupId>org.apache.avro</groupId>
+        <artifactId>avro</artifactId>
+        <version>1.11.0</version>
+      </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.jaxrs</groupId>
         <artifactId>jackson-jaxrs-json-provider</artifactId>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index c2b5356..5172021 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -152,6 +152,16 @@
         <artifactId>cdap-common</artifactId>
         <version>${cdap.version}</version>
         <scope>provided</scope>
+        <exclusions>
+          <exclusion>
+            <groupId>org.codehaus.jackson</groupId>
+            <artifactId>jackson-core-asl</artifactId>
+          </exclusion>
+          <exclusion>
+            <groupId>org.codehaus.jackson</groupId>
+            <artifactId>jackson-mapper-asl</artifactId>
+          </exclusion>
+        </exclusions>
       </dependency>
     </dependencies>
   </dependencyManagement>