diff --git a/knox-agent/pom.xml b/knox-agent/pom.xml
index d5dd4eb0e5..16c156557e 100644
--- a/knox-agent/pom.xml
+++ b/knox-agent/pom.xml
@@ -53,6 +53,10 @@
                     <groupId>log4j</groupId>
                     <artifactId>*</artifactId>
                 </exclusion>
+                <exclusion>
+                    <groupId>net.minidev</groupId>
+                    <artifactId>json-smart</artifactId>
+                </exclusion>
             </exclusions>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
diff --git a/plugin-schema-registry/pom.xml b/plugin-schema-registry/pom.xml
index f2666b0586..bfc3b2828b 100644
--- a/plugin-schema-registry/pom.xml
+++ b/plugin-schema-registry/pom.xml
@@ -148,6 +148,12 @@
             <groupId>com.hortonworks.registries</groupId>
             <artifactId>common-auth</artifactId>
             <version>${schema.registry.version}</version>
+            <exclusions>
+                <exclusion>
+                    <groupId>net.minidev</groupId>
+                    <artifactId>json-smart</artifactId>
+                </exclusion>
+            </exclusions>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>com.hortonworks.registries</groupId>
diff --git a/ranger-authn/pom.xml b/ranger-authn/pom.xml
index 682939694a..9c0ad8dc59 100644
--- a/ranger-authn/pom.xml
+++ b/ranger-authn/pom.xml
@@ -54,6 +54,10 @@
                     <groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
                     <artifactId>commons-compress</artifactId>
                 </exclusion>
+                <exclusion>
+                    <groupId>net.minidev</groupId>
+                    <artifactId>json-smart</artifactId>
+                </exclusion>
             </exclusions>
         </dependency>
 
diff --git a/ranger-knox-plugin-shim/pom.xml b/ranger-knox-plugin-shim/pom.xml
index e0773166bd..709596cba7 100644
--- a/ranger-knox-plugin-shim/pom.xml
+++ b/ranger-knox-plugin-shim/pom.xml
@@ -44,6 +44,10 @@
                     <groupId>log4j</groupId>
                     <artifactId>*</artifactId>
                 </exclusion>
+                <exclusion>
+                    <groupId>net.minidev</groupId>
+                    <artifactId>json-smart</artifactId>
+                </exclusion>
             </exclusions>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
diff --git a/ugsync/pom.xml b/ugsync/pom.xml
index eb364bb666..80b7536dc3 100644
--- a/ugsync/pom.xml
+++ b/ugsync/pom.xml
@@ -94,6 +94,10 @@
                     <groupId>org.apache.zookeeper</groupId>
                     <artifactId>*</artifactId>
                 </exclusion>
+                <exclusion>
+                    <groupId>net.minidev</groupId>
+                    <artifactId>json-smart</artifactId>
+                </exclusion>
             </exclusions>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
diff --git a/unixauthclient/pom.xml b/unixauthclient/pom.xml
index 90384b4601..77e440b895 100644
--- a/unixauthclient/pom.xml
+++ b/unixauthclient/pom.xml
@@ -81,6 +81,10 @@
                     <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
                     <artifactId>*</artifactId>
                 </exclusion>
+                <exclusion>
+                    <groupId>net.minidev</groupId>
+                    <artifactId>json-smart</artifactId>
+                </exclusion>
             </exclusions>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
diff --git a/unixauthservice/pom.xml b/unixauthservice/pom.xml
index 471a02ed6d..47e6c15c40 100644
--- a/unixauthservice/pom.xml
+++ b/unixauthservice/pom.xml
@@ -86,6 +86,10 @@
                     <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
                     <artifactId>*</artifactId>
                 </exclusion>
+                <exclusion>
+                    <groupId>net.minidev</groupId>
+                    <artifactId>json-smart</artifactId>
+                </exclusion>
             </exclusions>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>