diff --git a/hadoop-ozone/ozonefs-shaded/pom.xml b/hadoop-ozone/ozonefs-shaded/pom.xml
index 2747229d0a23..bd12987c24c5 100644
--- a/hadoop-ozone/ozonefs-shaded/pom.xml
+++ b/hadoop-ozone/ozonefs-shaded/pom.xml
@@ -59,6 +59,10 @@
           <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
           <artifactId>slf4j-api</artifactId>
         </exclusion>
+        <exclusion>
+          <groupId>com.google.protobuf</groupId>
+          <artifactId>protobuf-java</artifactId>
+        </exclusion>
       </exclusions>
     </dependency>
   </dependencies>