diff --git a/gobblin-temporal/src/main/java/org/apache/gobblin/temporal/yarn/YarnService.java b/gobblin-temporal/src/main/java/org/apache/gobblin/temporal/yarn/YarnService.java
index 426521b921c..026bfda1379 100644
--- a/gobblin-temporal/src/main/java/org/apache/gobblin/temporal/yarn/YarnService.java
+++ b/gobblin-temporal/src/main/java/org/apache/gobblin/temporal/yarn/YarnService.java
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
 import java.util.Collection;
 import java.util.Collections;
 import java.util.HashMap;
+import java.util.HashSet;
 import java.util.Iterator;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Map;
@@ -546,13 +547,22 @@ private void addContainerLocalResources(Path destDir, Map<String, LocalResource>
 
     FileStatus[] statuses = this.fs.listStatus(destDir);
     if (statuses != null) {
+      Set<String> libJarNames = new HashSet<>(Arrays.asList(this.config.getString(GobblinYarnConfigurationKeys.YARN_APPLICATION_LIB_JAR_LIST).split(",")));
+      String containerJars = this.config.hasPath(GobblinYarnConfigurationKeys.CONTAINER_JARS_KEY) ?
+          this.config.getString(GobblinYarnConfigurationKeys.CONTAINER_JARS_KEY) : "";
       for (FileStatus status : statuses) {
+        String fileName = status.getPath().getName();
+        // Ensure that we are only adding jars that were uploaded by the YarnAppLauncher for this application
+        if (fileName.contains(".jar") && !(libJarNames.contains(fileName) || containerJars.contains(fileName))) {
+          continue;
+        }
         YarnHelixUtils.addFileAsLocalResource(this.fs, status.getPath(), LocalResourceType.FILE, resourceMap);
       }
     }
   }
 
 
+
   protected ByteBuffer getSecurityTokens() throws IOException {
     Credentials credentials = UserGroupInformation.getCurrentUser().getCredentials();
     Closer closer = Closer.create();
diff --git a/gobblin-yarn/src/main/java/org/apache/gobblin/yarn/GobblinYarnAppLauncher.java b/gobblin-yarn/src/main/java/org/apache/gobblin/yarn/GobblinYarnAppLauncher.java
index 4ce40f21dfb..09fae2b18b7 100644
--- a/gobblin-yarn/src/main/java/org/apache/gobblin/yarn/GobblinYarnAppLauncher.java
+++ b/gobblin-yarn/src/main/java/org/apache/gobblin/yarn/GobblinYarnAppLauncher.java
@@ -243,6 +243,8 @@ public class GobblinYarnAppLauncher {
 
   private final boolean jarCacheEnabled;
 
+  private final Set<String> libJarNames = new HashSet<>(); // List of jars that are shared between appMaster and containers
+
   public GobblinYarnAppLauncher(Config config, YarnConfiguration yarnConfiguration) throws IOException {
     this.config = config.withValue(GobblinYarnConfigurationKeys.YARN_APPLICATION_LAUNCHER_START_TIME_KEY,
         ConfigValueFactory.fromAnyRef(System.currentTimeMillis()));
@@ -308,7 +310,6 @@ public GobblinYarnAppLauncher(Config config, YarnConfiguration yarnConfiguration
             GobblinYarnConfigurationKeys.DEFAULT_GOBBLIN_YARN_DETACH_ON_EXIT);
     this.appLauncherMode = ConfigUtils.getString(this.config, GOBBLIN_YARN_APP_LAUNCHER_MODE, DEFAULT_GOBBLIN_YARN_APP_LAUNCHER_MODE);
     this.jarCacheEnabled = ConfigUtils.getBoolean(this.config, GobblinYarnConfigurationKeys.JAR_CACHE_ENABLED, GobblinYarnConfigurationKeys.JAR_CACHE_ENABLED_DEFAULT);
-
     try {
       config = addDynamicConfig(config);
       outputConfigToFile(config);
@@ -668,6 +669,7 @@ private Map<String, LocalResource> addAppMasterLocalResources(ApplicationId appl
       Path unsharedJarsDestDir = new Path(appWorkDir, GobblinYarnConfigurationKeys.LIB_JARS_DIR_NAME);
       addLibJars(new Path(this.config.getString(GobblinYarnConfigurationKeys.LIB_JARS_DIR_KEY)),
           Optional.of(appMasterResources), libJarsDestDir, unsharedJarsDestDir, localFs);
+      this.libJarNames.addAll(appMasterResources.keySet());
       LOGGER.info("Added lib jars to directory: {} and execution-private directory: {}", libJarsDestDir, unsharedJarsDestDir);
     }
     if (this.config.hasPath(GobblinYarnConfigurationKeys.APP_MASTER_JARS_KEY)) {
@@ -814,6 +816,7 @@ protected String buildApplicationMasterCommand(String applicationId, int memoryM
         .append(" -D").append(GobblinYarnConfigurationKeys.GOBBLIN_YARN_CONTAINER_LOG_DIR_NAME).append("=").append(ApplicationConstants.LOG_DIR_EXPANSION_VAR)
         .append(" -D").append(GobblinYarnConfigurationKeys.GOBBLIN_YARN_CONTAINER_LOG_FILE_NAME).append("=").append(logFileName).append(".").append(ApplicationConstants.STDOUT)
         .append(" -D").append(GobblinYarnConfigurationKeys.YARN_APPLICATION_LAUNCHER_START_TIME_KEY).append("=").append(config.getString(GobblinYarnConfigurationKeys.YARN_APPLICATION_LAUNCHER_START_TIME_KEY))
+        .append(" -D").append(GobblinYarnConfigurationKeys.YARN_APPLICATION_LIB_JAR_LIST).append("=").append(String.join(",", this.libJarNames))
         .append(" ").append(JvmUtils.formatJvmArguments(this.appMasterJvmArgs))
         .append(" ").append(appMasterClass.getName())
         .append(" --").append(GobblinClusterConfigurationKeys.APPLICATION_NAME_OPTION_NAME)
diff --git a/gobblin-yarn/src/main/java/org/apache/gobblin/yarn/GobblinYarnConfigurationKeys.java b/gobblin-yarn/src/main/java/org/apache/gobblin/yarn/GobblinYarnConfigurationKeys.java
index 93cc23dba6b..5717b21fc29 100644
--- a/gobblin-yarn/src/main/java/org/apache/gobblin/yarn/GobblinYarnConfigurationKeys.java
+++ b/gobblin-yarn/src/main/java/org/apache/gobblin/yarn/GobblinYarnConfigurationKeys.java
@@ -55,6 +55,9 @@ public class GobblinYarnConfigurationKeys {
 
   public static final String JAR_CACHE_DIR = GOBBLIN_YARN_PREFIX + "jar.cache.dir";
 
+  public static final String YARN_APPLICATION_LIB_JAR_LIST = GOBBLIN_YARN_PREFIX + "lib.jar.list";
+
+
   // Used to store the start time of the app launcher to propagate to workers and appmaster
   public static final String YARN_APPLICATION_LAUNCHER_START_TIME_KEY = GOBBLIN_YARN_PREFIX + "application.start.time";