diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index f7893fddf93..65b5d92443d 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -59,9 +59,8 @@
 
     <properties>
         <maven.compiler.target>1.8</maven.compiler.target>
-
-        <!-- Curator cannot be updated to 2.12.0 yet, see https://github.com/druid-io/druid/pull/4103 -->
-        <apache.curator.version>2.11.0</apache.curator.version>
+        <apache.curator.version>4.0.0</apache.curator.version>
+        <apache.curator.test.version>2.12.0</apache.curator.test.version>
         <avatica.version>1.9.0</avatica.version>
         <calcite.version>1.12.0</calcite.version>
         <guava.version>16.0.1</guava.version>
@@ -297,6 +296,12 @@
                 <groupId>org.apache.curator</groupId>
                 <artifactId>curator-recipes</artifactId>
                 <version>${apache.curator.version}</version>
+                <exclusions>
+                    <exclusion>
+                        <groupId>org.apache.zookeeper</groupId>
+                        <artifactId>zookeeper</artifactId>
+                    </exclusion>
+                </exclusions>
             </dependency>
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>org.apache.curator</groupId>
@@ -783,7 +788,7 @@
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>org.apache.curator</groupId>
                 <artifactId>curator-test</artifactId>
-                <version>${apache.curator.version}</version>
+                <version>${apache.curator.test.version}</version>
                 <exclusions>
                     <exclusion>
                         <groupId>org.jboss.netty</groupId>