diff --git a/ppl/build.gradle b/ppl/build.gradle
index 60994e93161..3237c394470 100644
--- a/ppl/build.gradle
+++ b/ppl/build.gradle
@@ -40,6 +40,11 @@ configurations {
     compile {
         extendsFrom = extendsFrom.findAll { it != configurations.antlr }
     }
+    configureEach {
+        resolutionStrategy {
+            exclude group: 'commons-lang', module: 'commons-lang'
+        }
+    }
 }
 
 dependencies {