diff --git a/zeppelin-zengine/src/main/java/org/apache/zeppelin/notebook/scheduler/QuartzSchedulerService.java b/zeppelin-zengine/src/main/java/org/apache/zeppelin/notebook/scheduler/QuartzSchedulerService.java
index 416eddf7638..f0c19f4cfc2 100644
--- a/zeppelin-zengine/src/main/java/org/apache/zeppelin/notebook/scheduler/QuartzSchedulerService.java
+++ b/zeppelin-zengine/src/main/java/org/apache/zeppelin/notebook/scheduler/QuartzSchedulerService.java
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ public QuartzSchedulerService(ZeppelinConfiguration zeppelinConfiguration, Noteb
       throws SchedulerException {
     this.zeppelinConfiguration = zeppelinConfiguration;
     this.notebook = notebook;
-    this.scheduler = new StdSchedulerFactory().getScheduler();
+    this.scheduler = getScheduler();
     this.scheduler.start();
 
     // Do in a separated thread because there may be many notes,
@@ -85,6 +85,13 @@ public QuartzSchedulerService(ZeppelinConfiguration zeppelinConfiguration, Noteb
     loadingNotesThread.start();
   }
 
+  private Scheduler getScheduler() throws SchedulerException {
+    // Make sure to not check for Quartz update since this leaks information about running process
+    // http://www.quartz-scheduler.org/documentation/2.4.0-SNAPSHOT/best-practices.html#skip-update-check
+    System.setProperty(StdSchedulerFactory.PROP_SCHED_SKIP_UPDATE_CHECK, "true");
+    return new StdSchedulerFactory().getScheduler();
+  }
+
   /**
    * This is only for testing, unit test should always call this method in setup() before testing.
    */