diff --git a/adls-plugins/pom.xml b/adls-plugins/pom.xml
index 75a25b0..d1b8a1e 100644
--- a/adls-plugins/pom.xml
+++ b/adls-plugins/pom.xml
@@ -31,7 +31,22 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.avro</groupId>
       <artifactId>avro-mapred</artifactId>
-      <version>1.11.4</version>
+      <version>${avro.version}</version>
+      <exclusions>
+        <exclusion>
+          <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.core</groupId>
+          <artifactId>jackson-core</artifactId>
+        </exclusion>
+        <exclusion>
+          <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.core</groupId>
+          <artifactId>jackson-databind</artifactId>
+        </exclusion>
+      </exclusions>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.core</groupId>
+      <artifactId>jackson-databind</artifactId>
+      <version>${jackson.databind.version}</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>junit</groupId>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 1ed3829..cbd1a7d 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -105,6 +105,8 @@
     <cdap.version>6.11.0-SNAPSHOT</cdap.version>
     <hadoop.version>3.3.6</hadoop.version>
     <cdap.plugin.version>2.13.0-SNAPSHOT</cdap.plugin.version>
+    <jackson.databind.version>2.13.4.2</jackson.databind.version>
+    <avro.version>1.11.4</avro.version>
     <widgets.dir>widgets</widgets.dir>
     <docs.dir>docs</docs.dir>
     <!-- properties for script build step that creates the config files for the artifacts -->
@@ -119,6 +121,17 @@
       <groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>
       <artifactId>hadoop-client</artifactId>
       <version>${hadoop.version}</version>
+      <scope>provided</scope>
+      <exclusions>
+        <exclusion>
+          <groupId>org.apache.avro</groupId>
+          <artifactId>avro</artifactId>
+        </exclusion>
+        <exclusion>
+          <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
+          <artifactId>slf4j-reload4j</artifactId>
+        </exclusion>
+      </exclusions>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>io.cdap.cdap</groupId>
@@ -130,7 +143,7 @@
       <groupId>io.cdap.cdap</groupId>
       <artifactId>hydrator-test</artifactId>
       <version>${cdap.version}</version>
-      <scope>provided</scope>
+      <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>io.cdap.cdap</groupId>