diff --git a/hadoop-yarn-project/CHANGES.txt b/hadoop-yarn-project/CHANGES.txt
index 585545b2333..4b2f77ea616 100644
--- a/hadoop-yarn-project/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/hadoop-yarn-project/CHANGES.txt
@@ -158,6 +158,10 @@ Release 2.5.0 - UNRELEASED
     YARN-2105. Fix TestFairScheduler after YARN-2012. (Ashwin Shankar via
     Sandy Ryza)
 
+    YARN-2112. Fixed yarn-common's pom.xml to include jackson dependencies so
+    that both Timeline Server and client can access them. (Zhijie Shen via
+    vinodkv)
+
 Release 2.4.1 - UNRELEASED
 
   INCOMPATIBLE CHANGES
diff --git a/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-common/pom.xml b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-common/pom.xml
index 9f2e8b5aa8e..aa12b3f55a4 100644
--- a/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-common/pom.xml
+++ b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-common/pom.xml
@@ -72,7 +72,19 @@
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.codehaus.jackson</groupId>
-      <artifactId>jackson-mapper-asl</artifactId>
+      <artifactId>jackson-core-asl</artifactId>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+        <groupId>org.codehaus.jackson</groupId>
+        <artifactId>jackson-mapper-asl</artifactId>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+        <groupId>org.codehaus.jackson</groupId>
+        <artifactId>jackson-jaxrs</artifactId>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+        <groupId>org.codehaus.jackson</groupId>
+        <artifactId>jackson-xc</artifactId>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.google.guava</groupId>
diff --git a/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-applicationhistoryservice/pom.xml b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-applicationhistoryservice/pom.xml
index 616c7f0aa00..71605a5bf6c 100644
--- a/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-applicationhistoryservice/pom.xml
+++ b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-applicationhistoryservice/pom.xml
@@ -150,15 +150,6 @@
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
 
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>org.codehaus.jackson</groupId>
-      <artifactId>jackson-core-asl</artifactId>
-    </dependency>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>org.codehaus.jackson</groupId>
-      <artifactId>jackson-mapper-asl</artifactId>
-    </dependency>
-
     <dependency>
       <groupId>commons-collections</groupId>
       <artifactId>commons-collections</artifactId>