diff --git a/zeppelin-zengine/pom.xml b/zeppelin-zengine/pom.xml
index 84fb6248224..2b4bd2761df 100644
--- a/zeppelin-zengine/pom.xml
+++ b/zeppelin-zengine/pom.xml
@@ -96,6 +96,12 @@
       <groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
       <artifactId>commons-vfs2</artifactId>
       <version>2.0</version>
+      <exclusions>
+        <exclusion>
+          <groupId>org.codehaus.plexus</groupId>
+          <artifactId>plexus-utils</artifactId>
+        </exclusion>
+      </exclusions>
     </dependency>
 
     <dependency>
@@ -107,6 +113,10 @@
            <groupId>org.apache.httpcomponents</groupId>
            <artifactId>httpclient</artifactId>
          </exclusion>
+         <exclusion>
+           <groupId>commons-httpclient</groupId>
+           <artifactId>commons-httpclient</artifactId>
+         </exclusion>
        </exclusions>
      </dependency>