diff --git a/headless/core/pom.xml b/headless/core/pom.xml
index 1b4cf3edf..26a5e8e25 100644
--- a/headless/core/pom.xml
+++ b/headless/core/pom.xml
@@ -111,6 +111,28 @@
             <groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>
             <artifactId>hadoop-hdfs</artifactId>
             <version>${hadoop.version}</version>
+            <exclusions>
+                <exclusion>
+                    <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
+                    <artifactId>slf4j-log4j12</artifactId>
+                </exclusion>
+                <exclusion>
+                    <groupId>log4j</groupId>
+                    <artifactId>log4j</artifactId>
+                </exclusion>
+                <exclusion>
+                    <groupId>org.apache.zookeeper</groupId>
+                    <artifactId>zookeeper</artifactId>
+                </exclusion>
+                <exclusion>
+                    <groupId>org.apache.curator</groupId>
+                    <artifactId>*</artifactId>
+                </exclusion>
+                <exclusion>
+                    <groupId>javax.servlet</groupId>
+                    <artifactId>servlet-api</artifactId>
+                </exclusion>
+            </exclusions>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>