diff --git a/hbase-endpoint/pom.xml b/hbase-endpoint/pom.xml
index 28cc4c87818..4ebb970aaf7 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 b828b28a323..43522724922 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 0073440471c..ace25bdc616 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 b5045c20a58..8969b4ec2db 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 484bfa55629..e6f3657d965 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 481f6b62a83..cdcc4207bff 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 77e8859af1c..9cd6c6fef04 100644
--- a/hbase-thrift/pom.xml
+++ b/hbase-thrift/pom.xml
@@ -526,6 +526,10 @@
               <groupId>com.google.guava</groupId>
               <artifactId>guava</artifactId>
             </exclusion>
+            <exclusion>
+              <groupId>org.apache.zookeeper</groupId>
+              <artifactId>zookeeper</artifactId>
+            </exclusion>
           </exclusions>
         </dependency>
       </dependencies>