diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index eebc7fa340fe..5cdfb65ebb9c 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@
     <apache-directory-server.version>1.5.6</apache-directory-server.version>
     <apache-directory-clientapi.version>0.1</apache-directory-clientapi.version>
     <avatica.version>1.8.0</avatica.version>
-    <avro.version>1.8.2</avro.version>
+    <avro.version>1.10.1</avro.version>
     <bonecp.version>0.8.0.RELEASE</bonecp.version>
     <calcite.version>1.10.0</calcite.version>
     <datanucleus-api-jdo.version>4.2.4</datanucleus-api-jdo.version>
@@ -462,8 +462,21 @@
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.apache.avro</groupId>
         <artifactId>avro-mapred</artifactId>
-        <classifier>hadoop2</classifier>
         <version>${avro.version}</version>
+        <exclusions>
+          <exclusion>
+            <groupId>org.eclipse.jetty</groupId>
+            <artifactId>jetty-server</artifactId>
+          </exclusion>
+          <exclusion>
+            <groupId>org.eclipse.jetty</groupId>
+            <artifactId>jetty-servlet</artifactId>
+          </exclusion>
+          <exclusion>
+            <groupId>org.eclipse.jetty</groupId>
+            <artifactId>jetty-util</artifactId>
+          </exclusion>
+        </exclusions>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.apache.derby</groupId>
diff --git a/ql/pom.xml b/ql/pom.xml
index 3dfb510a983e..d9dcfe1a9a97 100644
--- a/ql/pom.xml
+++ b/ql/pom.xml
@@ -177,7 +177,6 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.avro</groupId>
       <artifactId>avro-mapred</artifactId>
-      <classifier>hadoop2</classifier>
       <version>${avro.version}</version>
       <exclusions>
         <exclusion>
diff --git a/serde/src/java/org/apache/hadoop/hive/serde2/avro/TypeInfoToSchema.java b/serde/src/java/org/apache/hadoop/hive/serde2/avro/TypeInfoToSchema.java
index b4f219497e5c..7b6af3b89307 100644
--- a/serde/src/java/org/apache/hadoop/hive/serde2/avro/TypeInfoToSchema.java
+++ b/serde/src/java/org/apache/hadoop/hive/serde2/avro/TypeInfoToSchema.java
@@ -29,8 +29,6 @@
 import org.apache.hadoop.hive.serde2.typeinfo.TypeInfo;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hive.serde2.typeinfo.UnionTypeInfo;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hive.serde2.typeinfo.VarcharTypeInfo;
-import org.codehaus.jackson.JsonNode;
-import org.codehaus.jackson.node.JsonNodeFactory;
 
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.Arrays;