diff --git a/parquet-avro/pom.xml b/parquet-avro/pom.xml
index 16498038f6..f422512cda 100644
--- a/parquet-avro/pom.xml
+++ b/parquet-avro/pom.xml
@@ -161,10 +161,31 @@
           </execution>
         </executions>
       </plugin>
+
+      <!-- Configuration to shade fastutil only instead of using the default configuration which shades jackson as well. -->
+      <!-- We shall not shade jackson here otherwise we may corrupt Avro API calls. (Avro API contains jackson classes.) -->
       <plugin>
         <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
         <artifactId>maven-shade-plugin</artifactId>
+        <executions>
+          <execution>
+            <configuration combine.self="override">
+              <artifactSet>
+                <includes>
+                  <include>it.unimi.dsi:fastutil</include>
+                </includes>
+              </artifactSet>
+              <relocations>
+                <relocation>
+                  <pattern>it.unimi.dsi</pattern>
+                  <shadedPattern>${shade.prefix}.it.unimi.dsi</shadedPattern>
+                </relocation>
+              </relocations>
+            </configuration>
+          </execution>
+        </executions>
       </plugin>
+
     </plugins>
   </build>