diff --git a/hdfs-storage/pom.xml b/hdfs-storage/pom.xml
index b0cf513444a..8ae545a1631 100644
--- a/hdfs-storage/pom.xml
+++ b/hdfs-storage/pom.xml
@@ -35,12 +35,18 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>io.druid</groupId>
             <artifactId>druid-api</artifactId>
-          </dependency>
-          <dependency>
-              <groupId>net.java.dev.jets3t</groupId>
-              <artifactId>jets3t</artifactId>
-          </dependency>
-          <dependency>
+        </dependency>
+        <!-- override jets3t from hadoop-core -->
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>net.java.dev.jets3t</groupId>
+            <artifactId>jets3t</artifactId>
+        </dependency>
+        <!-- override httpclient version from jets3t -->
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.apache.httpcomponents</groupId>
+            <artifactId>httpclient</artifactId>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>
             <artifactId>hadoop-core</artifactId>
             <scope>compile</scope>
diff --git a/indexing-hadoop/pom.xml b/indexing-hadoop/pom.xml
index eb17ea0a47d..df1d2fd160e 100644
--- a/indexing-hadoop/pom.xml
+++ b/indexing-hadoop/pom.xml
@@ -51,10 +51,16 @@
             <groupId>com.google.guava</groupId>
             <artifactId>guava</artifactId>
         </dependency>
+        <!-- override jets3t from hadoop-core -->
         <dependency>
             <groupId>net.java.dev.jets3t</groupId>
             <artifactId>jets3t</artifactId>
         </dependency>
+        <!-- override httpclient version from jets3t -->
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.apache.httpcomponents</groupId>
+            <artifactId>httpclient</artifactId>
+        </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>
             <artifactId>hadoop-core</artifactId>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index fc8b95cb6dc..6c455b526d0 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -378,6 +378,11 @@
                 <artifactId>jets3t</artifactId>
                 <version>0.9.0</version>
             </dependency>
+            <dependency>
+                <groupId>org.apache.httpcomponents</groupId>
+                <artifactId>httpclient</artifactId>
+                <version>4.2</version>
+            </dependency>
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>
                 <artifactId>hadoop-core</artifactId>
diff --git a/s3-extensions/pom.xml b/s3-extensions/pom.xml
index 62ddabf7df0..da689e9c959 100644
--- a/s3-extensions/pom.xml
+++ b/s3-extensions/pom.xml
@@ -36,10 +36,16 @@
             <groupId>io.druid</groupId>
             <artifactId>druid-api</artifactId>
         </dependency>
+        <!-- override jets3t from hadoop-core -->
         <dependency>
             <groupId>net.java.dev.jets3t</groupId>
             <artifactId>jets3t</artifactId>
         </dependency>
+        <!-- override httpclient version from jets3t -->
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.apache.httpcomponents</groupId>
+            <artifactId>httpclient</artifactId>
+        </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>com.metamx</groupId>
             <artifactId>emitter</artifactId>