diff --git a/hudi-client/hudi-client-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hudi/client/transaction/lock/ZookeeperBasedLockProvider.java b/hudi-client/hudi-client-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hudi/client/transaction/lock/ZookeeperBasedLockProvider.java
index 8a1c7c0e96d49..fc5b7a75f7f60 100644
--- a/hudi-client/hudi-client-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hudi/client/transaction/lock/ZookeeperBasedLockProvider.java
+++ b/hudi-client/hudi-client-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hudi/client/transaction/lock/ZookeeperBasedLockProvider.java
@@ -18,22 +18,25 @@
 
 package org.apache.hudi.client.transaction.lock;
 
-import org.apache.curator.framework.CuratorFramework;
-import org.apache.curator.framework.CuratorFrameworkFactory;
-import org.apache.curator.framework.imps.CuratorFrameworkState;
-import org.apache.curator.framework.recipes.locks.InterProcessMutex;
-import org.apache.curator.retry.BoundedExponentialBackoffRetry;
-import org.apache.hadoop.conf.Configuration;
 import org.apache.hudi.common.config.LockConfiguration;
 import org.apache.hudi.common.lock.LockProvider;
 import org.apache.hudi.common.lock.LockState;
 import org.apache.hudi.common.util.StringUtils;
 import org.apache.hudi.common.util.ValidationUtils;
 import org.apache.hudi.exception.HoodieLockException;
+
+import org.apache.curator.framework.CuratorFramework;
+import org.apache.curator.framework.CuratorFrameworkFactory;
+import org.apache.curator.framework.imps.CuratorFrameworkState;
+import org.apache.curator.framework.recipes.locks.InterProcessMutex;
+import org.apache.curator.retry.BoundedExponentialBackoffRetry;
+import org.apache.hadoop.conf.Configuration;
 import org.apache.log4j.LogManager;
 import org.apache.log4j.Logger;
 
 import javax.annotation.concurrent.NotThreadSafe;
+
+import java.io.Serializable;
 import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
 
 import static org.apache.hudi.common.config.LockConfiguration.DEFAULT_ZK_CONNECTION_TIMEOUT_MS;
@@ -52,11 +55,11 @@
  * using zookeeper. Users need to have a Zookeeper cluster deployed to be able to use this lock.
  */
 @NotThreadSafe
-public class ZookeeperBasedLockProvider implements LockProvider<InterProcessMutex> {
+public class ZookeeperBasedLockProvider implements LockProvider<InterProcessMutex>, Serializable {
 
   private static final Logger LOG = LogManager.getLogger(ZookeeperBasedLockProvider.class);
 
-  private final CuratorFramework curatorFrameworkClient;
+  private final transient CuratorFramework curatorFrameworkClient;
   private volatile InterProcessMutex lock = null;
   protected LockConfiguration lockConfiguration;