diff --git a/extensions-core/avro-extensions/pom.xml b/extensions-core/avro-extensions/pom.xml
index f00e55c4cdd..a08e4d946b7 100644
--- a/extensions-core/avro-extensions/pom.xml
+++ b/extensions-core/avro-extensions/pom.xml
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@
   <properties>
     <schemarepo.version>0.1.3</schemarepo.version>
     <confluent.version>3.0.1</confluent.version>
-    <avro.version>1.8.0</avro.version>
+    <avro.version>1.8.2</avro.version>
     <pig.version>0.15.0</pig.version>
   </properties>
 
@@ -49,11 +49,11 @@
   </repositories>
 
   <dependencies>
-      <dependency>
-          <groupId>org.apache.avro</groupId>
-          <artifactId>avro</artifactId>
-          <version>${avro.version}</version>
-      </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.apache.avro</groupId>
+      <artifactId>avro</artifactId>
+      <version>${avro.version}</version>
+    </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.avro</groupId>
       <artifactId>avro-mapred</artifactId>
diff --git a/extensions-core/druid-kerberos/pom.xml b/extensions-core/druid-kerberos/pom.xml
index 31974b86a35..6a44f4f80b1 100644
--- a/extensions-core/druid-kerberos/pom.xml
+++ b/extensions-core/druid-kerberos/pom.xml
@@ -120,6 +120,10 @@
           <groupId>org.apache.zookeeper</groupId>
           <artifactId>zookeeper</artifactId>
         </exclusion>
+        <exclusion>
+          <groupId>org.apache.avro</groupId>
+          <artifactId>avro</artifactId>
+        </exclusion>
         <exclusion>
           <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
           <artifactId>slf4j-api</artifactId>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 3a0a020cc3f..5b10ff89314 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -642,6 +642,12 @@
                 <artifactId>hadoop-client</artifactId>
                 <version>${hadoop.compile.version}</version>
                 <scope>provided</scope>
+                <exclusions>
+                    <exclusion>
+                        <groupId>org.apache.avro</groupId>
+                        <artifactId>avro</artifactId>
+                    </exclusion>
+                </exclusions>
             </dependency>
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>org.mapdb</groupId>