diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index 8b0c2082eeb5e..9affce7dab994 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ project.ext.externalDependency = [
     'guice': 'com.google.inject:guice:4.2.2',
     'guava': 'com.google.guava:guava:27.0.1-jre',
     'h2': 'com.h2database:h2:1.4.196',
-    'hadoopClient': 'org.apache.hadoop:hadoop-client:3.1.0',
+    'hadoopClient': 'org.apache.hadoop:hadoop-client:3.1.1',
     'hibernateCore': 'org.hibernate:hibernate-core:5.2.16.Final',
     'httpClient': 'org.apache.httpcomponents:httpclient:4.5.9',
     'iStackCommons': 'com.sun.istack:istack-commons-runtime:4.0.1',
diff --git a/datahub-upgrade/build.gradle b/datahub-upgrade/build.gradle
index a3adc4aa73c14..a27bf9f30a29b 100644
--- a/datahub-upgrade/build.gradle
+++ b/datahub-upgrade/build.gradle
@@ -10,7 +10,11 @@ dependencies {
   compile project(':gms:client')
 
   compile externalDependency.javaxInject
-  compile externalDependency.hadoopClient
+  compile(externalDependency.hadoopClient) {
+    exclude group: 'net.minidev', module: 'json-smart'
+    exclude group: 'com.nimbusds', module: 'nimbus-jose-jwt'
+    exclude group: "org.apache.htrace", module: "htrace-core4"
+  }
   compile externalDependency.lombok
   compile externalDependency.picocli
   compile externalDependency.parquet