diff --git a/hbase-endpoint/pom.xml b/hbase-endpoint/pom.xml
index ceeb2775496..d24ea7bd9db 100644
--- a/hbase-endpoint/pom.xml
+++ b/hbase-endpoint/pom.xml
@@ -307,6 +307,10 @@
               <groupId>com.google.guava</groupId>
               <artifactId>guava</artifactId>
             </exclusion>
+            <exclusion>
+              <groupId>org.apache.zookeeper</groupId>
+              <artifactId>zookeeper</artifactId>
+            </exclusion>
           </exclusions>
         </dependency>
         <!-- Hadoop needs Netty 3.x at test scope for the minicluster -->
diff --git a/hbase-http/pom.xml b/hbase-http/pom.xml
index a152a660dba..f1951e8dbb5 100644
--- a/hbase-http/pom.xml
+++ b/hbase-http/pom.xml
@@ -377,6 +377,10 @@
               <groupId>com.google.guava</groupId>
               <artifactId>guava</artifactId>
             </exclusion>
+            <exclusion>
+              <groupId>org.apache.zookeeper</groupId>
+              <artifactId>zookeeper</artifactId>
+            </exclusion>
           </exclusions>
           <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
diff --git a/hbase-mapreduce/pom.xml b/hbase-mapreduce/pom.xml
index 38a06843f46..4920d81d018 100644
--- a/hbase-mapreduce/pom.xml
+++ b/hbase-mapreduce/pom.xml
@@ -405,6 +405,10 @@
               <groupId>org.apache.htrace</groupId>
               <artifactId>htrace-core</artifactId>
             </exclusion>
+            <exclusion>
+              <groupId>org.apache.zookeeper</groupId>
+              <artifactId>zookeeper</artifactId>
+            </exclusion>
           </exclusions>
         </dependency>
         <!-- Hadoop needs Netty 3.x at test scope for the minicluster -->
diff --git a/hbase-server/pom.xml b/hbase-server/pom.xml
index 4fce94091b6..49052efb70b 100644
--- a/hbase-server/pom.xml
+++ b/hbase-server/pom.xml
@@ -759,6 +759,10 @@
               <groupId>com.google.guava</groupId>
               <artifactId>guava</artifactId>
             </exclusion>
+            <exclusion>
+              <groupId>org.apache.zookeeper</groupId>
+              <artifactId>zookeeper</artifactId>
+            </exclusion>
           </exclusions>
         </dependency>
         <!-- Hadoop needs Netty 3.x at test scope for the minicluster -->
diff --git a/hbase-shell/pom.xml b/hbase-shell/pom.xml
index 15b4b6a8b5d..0f623d63b57 100644
--- a/hbase-shell/pom.xml
+++ b/hbase-shell/pom.xml
@@ -364,6 +364,10 @@
               <groupId>com.google.guava</groupId>
               <artifactId>guava</artifactId>
             </exclusion>
+            <exclusion>
+              <groupId>org.apache.zookeeper</groupId>
+              <artifactId>zookeeper</artifactId>
+            </exclusion>
           </exclusions>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
diff --git a/hbase-testing-util/pom.xml b/hbase-testing-util/pom.xml
index d6e28a7ee23..d819a6d9a13 100644
--- a/hbase-testing-util/pom.xml
+++ b/hbase-testing-util/pom.xml
@@ -220,6 +220,10 @@
                         <groupId>com.google.guava</groupId>
                         <artifactId>guava</artifactId>
                       </exclusion>
+                      <exclusion>
+                        <groupId>org.apache.zookeeper</groupId>
+                        <artifactId>zookeeper</artifactId>
+                      </exclusion>
                     </exclusions>
                 </dependency>
                 <dependency>
diff --git a/hbase-thrift/pom.xml b/hbase-thrift/pom.xml
index 7410d99898e..5d582deedb0 100644
--- a/hbase-thrift/pom.xml
+++ b/hbase-thrift/pom.xml
@@ -538,6 +538,10 @@
               <groupId>com.google.guava</groupId>
               <artifactId>guava</artifactId>
             </exclusion>
+            <exclusion>
+              <groupId>org.apache.zookeeper</groupId>
+              <artifactId>zookeeper</artifactId>
+            </exclusion>
           </exclusions>
         </dependency>
       </dependencies>