diff --git a/tez-ext-service-tests/pom.xml b/tez-ext-service-tests/pom.xml
index 23d3c10231..532588a9ce 100644
--- a/tez-ext-service-tests/pom.xml
+++ b/tez-ext-service-tests/pom.xml
@@ -45,6 +45,12 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>
       <artifactId>hadoop-common</artifactId>
+      <exclusions>
+        <exclusion>
+          <groupId>org.apache.avro</groupId>
+          <artifactId>avro</artifactId>
+        </exclusion>
+      </exclusions>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>