diff --git a/nifi-nar-bundles/nifi-kite-bundle/nifi-kite-nar/pom.xml b/nifi-nar-bundles/nifi-kite-bundle/nifi-kite-nar/pom.xml
index 4679f8f7ae..ce3efc88c8 100644
--- a/nifi-nar-bundles/nifi-kite-bundle/nifi-kite-nar/pom.xml
+++ b/nifi-nar-bundles/nifi-kite-bundle/nifi-kite-nar/pom.xml
@@ -39,6 +39,10 @@
                     <groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>
                     <artifactId>hadoop-client</artifactId>
                 </exclusion>
+                <exclusion>
+                    <groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>
+                    <artifactId>hadoop-yarn-server-resourcemanager</artifactId>
+                </exclusion>
                 <exclusion>
                     <groupId>org.xerial.snappy</groupId>
                     <artifactId>snappy-java</artifactId>
@@ -59,14 +63,14 @@
                     <groupId>com.google.guava</groupId>
                     <artifactId>guava</artifactId>
                 </exclusion>
-                <exclusion>
-                    <groupId>com.google.guava</groupId>
-                    <artifactId>guava</artifactId>
-                </exclusion>
                 <exclusion>
                     <groupId>commons-logging</groupId>
                     <artifactId>commons-logging</artifactId>
                 </exclusion>
+                <exclusion>
+                    <groupId>commons-compress</groupId>
+                    <artifactId>commons-compress</artifactId>
+                </exclusion>
                 <exclusion>
                     <groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
                     <artifactId>commons-compress</artifactId>
@@ -75,6 +79,42 @@
                     <groupId>commons-codec</groupId>
                     <artifactId>commons-codec</artifactId>
                 </exclusion>
+                <exclusion>
+                    <groupId>commons-cli</groupId>
+                    <artifactId>commons-cli</artifactId>
+                </exclusion>
+                <exclusion>
+                    <groupId>commons-collections</groupId>
+                    <artifactId>commons-collections</artifactId>
+                </exclusion>
+                <exclusion>
+                    <groupId>commons-lang</groupId>
+                    <artifactId>commons-lang</artifactId>
+                </exclusion>
+                <exclusion>
+                    <groupId>commons-lang3</groupId>
+                    <artifactId>commons-lang3</artifactId>
+                </exclusion>
+                <exclusion>
+                    <groupId>org.apache.zookeeper</groupId>
+                    <artifactId>zookeeper</artifactId>
+                </exclusion>
+                <exclusion>
+                    <groupId>org.apache.curator</groupId>
+                    <artifactId>curator-framework</artifactId>
+                </exclusion>
+                <exclusion>
+                    <groupId>org.apache.curator</groupId>
+                    <artifactId>curator-client</artifactId>
+                </exclusion>
+                <exclusion>
+                    <groupId>org.apache.curator</groupId>
+                    <artifactId>curator-recipes</artifactId>
+                </exclusion>
+                <exclusion>
+                    <groupId>org.apache.log4j</groupId>
+                    <artifactId>apache-log4j-extras</artifactId>
+                </exclusion>
                 <exclusion>
                     <groupId>org.apache.avro</groupId>
                     <artifactId>avro</artifactId>
diff --git a/nifi-nar-bundles/nifi-kite-bundle/nifi-kite-processors/pom.xml b/nifi-nar-bundles/nifi-kite-bundle/nifi-kite-processors/pom.xml
index 62aaec85a2..d8a38399b5 100644
--- a/nifi-nar-bundles/nifi-kite-bundle/nifi-kite-processors/pom.xml
+++ b/nifi-nar-bundles/nifi-kite-bundle/nifi-kite-processors/pom.xml
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
 
     <properties>
         <kite.version>1.0.0</kite.version>
+        <hive.version>1.2.0</hive.version>
         <findbugs-annotations.version>1.3.9-1</findbugs-annotations.version>
     </properties>
 
@@ -56,10 +57,28 @@
             </exclusions>
         </dependency>
 
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.kitesdk</groupId>
+            <artifactId>kite-data-hive</artifactId>
+            <version>${kite.version}</version>
+            <exclusions>
+                <exclusion>
+                    <!-- Use findbugs-annotations instead -->
+                    <groupId>com.google.code.findbugs</groupId>
+                    <artifactId>jsr305</artifactId>
+                </exclusion>
+                <exclusion>
+                    <groupId>com.twitter</groupId>
+                    <artifactId>parquet-hive-bundle</artifactId>
+                </exclusion>
+            </exclusions>
+        </dependency>
+
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.kitesdk</groupId>
             <artifactId>kite-hadoop-dependencies</artifactId>
             <type>pom</type>
+            <scope>provided</scope>
             <version>${kite.version}</version>
             <exclusions>
                 <exclusion>
@@ -73,6 +92,103 @@
             </exclusions>
         </dependency>
 
+        <!-- Hive dependencies to connect to the MetaStore -->
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.apache.hive.hcatalog</groupId>
+            <artifactId>hive-hcatalog-core</artifactId>
+            <version>${hive.version}</version>
+            <exclusions>
+                <exclusion>
+                    <groupId>com.google.code.findbugs</groupId>
+                    <artifactId>jsr305</artifactId>
+                </exclusion>
+                <exclusion>
+                    <artifactId>jersey-servlet</artifactId>
+                    <groupId>com.sun.jersey</groupId>
+                </exclusion>
+                <exclusion>
+                    <artifactId>jersey-core</artifactId>
+                    <groupId>com.sun.jersey</groupId>
+                </exclusion>
+                <exclusion>
+                    <artifactId>jersey-server</artifactId>
+                    <groupId>com.sun.jersey</groupId>
+                </exclusion>
+                <exclusion>
+                    <artifactId>servlet-api</artifactId>
+                    <groupId>javax.servlet</groupId>
+                </exclusion>
+                <exclusion>
+                    <artifactId>jetty-all</artifactId>
+                    <groupId>org.eclipse.jetty.aggregate</groupId>
+                </exclusion>
+                <exclusion>
+                    <groupId>org.apache.hive</groupId>
+                    <artifactId>hive-exec</artifactId>
+                </exclusion>
+                <exclusion>
+                    <groupId>org.apache.hive</groupId>
+                    <artifactId>hive-cli</artifactId>
+                </exclusion>
+                <exclusion>
+                    <groupId>org.apache.hive</groupId>
+                    <artifactId>hive-service</artifactId>
+                </exclusion>
+                <exclusion>
+                    <groupId>com.twitter</groupId>
+                    <artifactId>parquet-hadoop-bundle</artifactId>
+                </exclusion>
+                <exclusion>
+                    <groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>
+                    <artifactId>hadoop-yarn-server-resourcemanager</artifactId>
+                </exclusion>
+                <exclusion>
+                    <groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>
+                    <artifactId>hadoop-mapreduce-client-core</artifactId>
+                </exclusion>
+                <exclusion>
+                    <groupId>org.antlr</groupId>
+                    <artifactId>antlr-runtime</artifactId>
+                </exclusion>
+                <exclusion>
+                    <groupId>org.apache.ant</groupId>
+                    <artifactId>ant</artifactId>
+                </exclusion>
+                <exclusion>
+                    <groupId>org.json</groupId>
+                    <artifactId>json</artifactId>
+                </exclusion>
+                <exclusion>
+                    <groupId>commons-pool</groupId>
+                    <artifactId>commons-pool</artifactId>
+                </exclusion>
+                <exclusion>
+                    <groupId>commons-dbcp</groupId>
+                    <artifactId>commons-dbcp</artifactId>
+                </exclusion>
+                <exclusion>
+                    <groupId>com.jolbox</groupId>
+                    <artifactId>bonecp</artifactId>
+                </exclusion>
+                <exclusion>
+                    <groupId>org.apache.derby</groupId>
+                    <artifactId>derby</artifactId>
+                </exclusion>
+                <exclusion>
+                    <groupId>org.apache.httpcomponents</groupId>
+                    <artifactId>httpclient</artifactId>
+                </exclusion>
+                <exclusion>
+                    <groupId>org.apache.httpcomponents</groupId>
+                    <artifactId>httpcore</artifactId>
+                </exclusion>
+                <exclusion>
+                    <groupId>jline</groupId>
+                    <artifactId>jline</artifactId>
+                </exclusion>
+            </exclusions>
+        </dependency>
+
         <dependency>
             <groupId>com.google.guava</groupId>
             <artifactId>guava</artifactId>
@@ -105,6 +221,40 @@
             <artifactId>kite-minicluster</artifactId>
             <version>${kite.version}</version>
             <scope>test</scope>
+            <exclusions>
+                <exclusion>
+                    <groupId>org.kitesdk</groupId>
+                    <artifactId>kite-hadoop-cdh5-dependencies</artifactId>
+                </exclusion>
+                <exclusion>
+                    <groupId>org.kitesdk</groupId>
+                    <artifactId>kite-hbase-cdh5-dependencies</artifactId>
+                </exclusion>
+                <exclusion>
+                    <groupId>org.kitesdk</groupId>
+                    <artifactId>kite-hadoop-cdh5-test-dependencies</artifactId>
+                </exclusion>
+                <exclusion>
+                    <groupId>org.kitesdk</groupId>
+                    <artifactId>kite-hbase-cdh5-test-dependencies</artifactId>
+                </exclusion>
+                <exclusion>
+                    <groupId>org.apache.hive</groupId>
+                    <artifactId>hive-serde</artifactId>
+                </exclusion>
+                <exclusion>
+                    <groupId>org.apache.hive</groupId>
+                    <artifactId>hive-exec</artifactId>
+                </exclusion>
+                <exclusion>
+                    <groupId>org.apache.hive</groupId>
+                    <artifactId>hive-service</artifactId>
+                </exclusion>
+                <exclusion>
+                    <groupId>org.apache.flume</groupId>
+                    <artifactId>flume-ng-node</artifactId>
+                </exclusion>
+            </exclusions>
         </dependency>
 
         <dependency>