diff --git a/h2o-hadoop-2/assemblyjar.gradle b/h2o-hadoop-2/assemblyjar.gradle
index d87a359b6ff9..c9afc98a7348 100644
--- a/h2o-hadoop-2/assemblyjar.gradle
+++ b/h2o-hadoop-2/assemblyjar.gradle
@@ -19,24 +19,19 @@ if (hasCustomHdfsDep) {
 }
 
 dependencies {
-  api("org.apache.hadoop:hadoop-client:$hadoopMavenArtifactVersion") {
-    force = true
-  }
-  api("org.apache.hadoop:hadoop-common:$hadoopMavenArtifactVersion") {
-    force = true
-  }
+  api("org.apache.hadoop:hadoop-client")
+  api("org.apache.hadoop:hadoop-common")
+
   if (hasCustomHdfsDep) {
-    api("org.apache.hadoop:${hdfsDependency}:$hadoopMavenArtifactVersion") {
-      force = true
-    }
+      api("org.apache.hadoop:${hdfsDependency}")
   }
+  
   api(project(":h2o-mapreduce-generic")) {
     transitive = false
   }
   api project(":h2o-security")
   api project(":h2o-ext-steam")
-  // Libraries need for Google Cloud Storage strongly require this Guava version
-  api('com.google.guava:guava:20.0') {force = true}
+  api('com.google.guava:guava')
   api(project(':h2o-app')) {
     exclude module: "${defaultWebserverModule}"
   }
@@ -78,6 +73,17 @@ dependencies {
   api(project(":h2o-parquet-parser")) {
     transitive = false
   }
+
+  constraints {
+    api("org.apache.hadoop:hadoop-client:$hadoopMavenArtifactVersion")
+    api("org.apache.hadoop:hadoop-common:$hadoopMavenArtifactVersion")
+    if (hasCustomHdfsDep) {
+      api("org.apache.hadoop:${hdfsDependency}:$hadoopMavenArtifactVersion")
+    }
+    // Libraries needed for Google Cloud Storage strongly require this Guava version
+    api('com.google.guava:guava:20.0')
+  }
+
 }
 
 apply from: "${rootDir}/h2o-parsers/h2o-parquet-parser/parquet_dependencies.gradle"
diff --git a/h2o-hadoop-3/assemblyjar.gradle b/h2o-hadoop-3/assemblyjar.gradle
index 56fa74c96463..ddf9f020b8be 100644
--- a/h2o-hadoop-3/assemblyjar.gradle
+++ b/h2o-hadoop-3/assemblyjar.gradle
@@ -16,10 +16,13 @@ dependencies {
     api "org.apache.hadoop:hadoop-mapreduce-client-app:$hadoopMavenArtifactVersion"
     api "org.apache.hadoop:hadoop-aws:$hadoopMavenArtifactVersion"
     // Libraries need for Google Cloud Storage strongly require this Guava version
-    api('com.google.guava:guava:20.0') { force = true }
+    api('com.google.guava:guava')
     api(project(':h2o-app')) {
         exclude module: "${defaultWebserverModule}"
     }
+    constraints {
+        api('com.google.guava:guava:20.0')
+    }
 }
 
 apply from: '../assemblyjar_common.gradle'
diff --git a/h2o-hadoop-3/assemblyjar_cdp.gradle b/h2o-hadoop-3/assemblyjar_cdp.gradle
index 0f5ca09780e8..41bd314a18be 100644
--- a/h2o-hadoop-3/assemblyjar_cdp.gradle
+++ b/h2o-hadoop-3/assemblyjar_cdp.gradle
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ dependencies {
     compileOnly "org.apache.hadoop:hadoop-client:$hadoopMavenArtifactVersion"
     compileOnly "org.apache.hadoop:hadoop-mapreduce-client-app:$hadoopMavenArtifactVersion"
     // Libraries need for Google Cloud Storage strongly require this Guava version
-    api('com.google.guava:guava:20.0') { force = true }
+    api('com.google.guava:guava')
     api(project(':h2o-app')) {
         exclude module: "${defaultWebserverModule}"
         exclude module: "h2o-ext-krbstandalone" // exclude here to avoid pulling all transitive dependencies
@@ -30,6 +30,9 @@ dependencies {
     api(project(':h2o-ext-krbstandalone')) { // include without dependencies
         transitive = false
     }
+    constraints {
+        api('com.google.guava:guava:20.0')
+    }
 }
 
 apply from: '../assemblyjar_common.gradle'