diff --git a/zeppelin-server/pom.xml b/zeppelin-server/pom.xml
index 2371f2a65c9..9d5451cc7a0 100644
--- a/zeppelin-server/pom.xml
+++ b/zeppelin-server/pom.xml
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@
     <javax.ws.rsapi.version>2.1</javax.ws.rsapi.version>
     <libpam4j.version>1.8</libpam4j.version>
     <jna.version>4.1.0</jna.version>
+    <commons.configuration2.version>2.2</commons.configuration2.version>
 
     <!--test library versions-->
     <selenium.java.version>2.48.2</selenium.java.version>
@@ -177,6 +178,19 @@
       <version>1.9.4</version>
     </dependency>
 
+    <!-- Needed for string interpolation in shiro.ini -->
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
+      <artifactId>commons-configuration2</artifactId>
+      <version>${commons.configuration2.version}</version>
+      <exclusions>
+        <exclusion>
+          <groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
+          <artifactId>commons-lang3</artifactId>
+        </exclusion>
+      </exclusions>
+    </dependency>
+
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.shiro</groupId>
       <artifactId>shiro-web</artifactId>