diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index a006c97ce2..c92bc76a48 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@
     <findbugs-maven-plugin.version>3.0.5</findbugs-maven-plugin.version>
     <frontend-maven-plugin.version>1.8.0</frontend-maven-plugin.version>
     <guava.version>32.0.1-jre</guava.version>
-    <hadoop.version>3.3.6</hadoop.version>
+    <hadoop.version>3.4.1</hadoop.version>
     <jdk.tools.version>1.8</jdk.tools.version>
     <jersey.version>1.19.4</jersey.version>
     <jettison.version>1.5.4</jettison.version>
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>