diff --git a/dev/deps/spark-deps-hadoop-2.2 b/dev/deps/spark-deps-hadoop-2.2
index e4373f79f7922..13d1b0e950480 100644
--- a/dev/deps/spark-deps-hadoop-2.2
+++ b/dev/deps/spark-deps-hadoop-2.2
@@ -142,7 +142,6 @@ metrics-graphite-3.1.2.jar
 metrics-json-3.1.2.jar
 metrics-jvm-3.1.2.jar
 minlog-1.2.jar
-netty-3.8.0.Final.jar
 netty-all-4.0.29.Final.jar
 objenesis-1.2.jar
 opencsv-2.3.jar
diff --git a/dev/deps/spark-deps-hadoop-2.3 b/dev/deps/spark-deps-hadoop-2.3
index 7478181406d07..d7deaa0a24541 100644
--- a/dev/deps/spark-deps-hadoop-2.3
+++ b/dev/deps/spark-deps-hadoop-2.3
@@ -133,7 +133,6 @@ metrics-json-3.1.2.jar
 metrics-jvm-3.1.2.jar
 minlog-1.2.jar
 mx4j-3.0.2.jar
-netty-3.8.0.Final.jar
 netty-all-4.0.29.Final.jar
 objenesis-1.2.jar
 opencsv-2.3.jar
diff --git a/dev/deps/spark-deps-hadoop-2.4 b/dev/deps/spark-deps-hadoop-2.4
index faffb8bf398a5..7ad2212ed5ae7 100644
--- a/dev/deps/spark-deps-hadoop-2.4
+++ b/dev/deps/spark-deps-hadoop-2.4
@@ -134,7 +134,6 @@ metrics-json-3.1.2.jar
 metrics-jvm-3.1.2.jar
 minlog-1.2.jar
 mx4j-3.0.2.jar
-netty-3.8.0.Final.jar
 netty-all-4.0.29.Final.jar
 objenesis-1.2.jar
 opencsv-2.3.jar
diff --git a/dev/deps/spark-deps-hadoop-2.6 b/dev/deps/spark-deps-hadoop-2.6
index e703c7acd3876..7f8518927aec4 100644
--- a/dev/deps/spark-deps-hadoop-2.6
+++ b/dev/deps/spark-deps-hadoop-2.6
@@ -140,7 +140,6 @@ metrics-json-3.1.2.jar
 metrics-jvm-3.1.2.jar
 minlog-1.2.jar
 mx4j-3.0.2.jar
-netty-3.8.0.Final.jar
 netty-all-4.0.29.Final.jar
 objenesis-1.2.jar
 opencsv-2.3.jar
diff --git a/dev/test-dependencies.sh b/dev/test-dependencies.sh
index 424ce6ad7663c..def87aa4087e3 100755
--- a/dev/test-dependencies.sh
+++ b/dev/test-dependencies.sh
@@ -70,19 +70,10 @@ $MVN -q versions:set -DnewVersion=$TEMP_VERSION -DgenerateBackupPoms=false > /de
 # Generate manifests for each Hadoop profile:
 for HADOOP_PROFILE in "${HADOOP_PROFILES[@]}"; do
   echo "Performing Maven install for $HADOOP_PROFILE"
-  $MVN $HADOOP2_MODULE_PROFILES -P$HADOOP_PROFILE jar:jar install:install -q \
-    -pl '!assembly' \
-    -pl '!examples' \
-    -pl '!external/flume-assembly' \
-    -pl '!external/kafka-assembly' \
-    -pl '!external/twitter' \
-    -pl '!external/flume' \
-    -pl '!external/mqtt' \
-    -pl '!external/mqtt-assembly' \
-    -pl '!external/zeromq' \
-    -pl '!external/kafka' \
-    -pl '!tags' \
-    -DskipTests
+  $MVN $HADOOP2_MODULE_PROFILES -P$HADOOP_PROFILE jar:jar jar:test-jar install:install -q
+
+  echo "Performing Maven validate for $HADOOP_PROFILE"
+  $MVN $HADOOP2_MODULE_PROFILES -P$HADOOP_PROFILE validate -q
 
   echo "Generating dependency manifest for $HADOOP_PROFILE"
   mkdir -p dev/pr-deps
diff --git a/examples/pom.xml b/examples/pom.xml
index 1a0d5e5854642..6013085b10e84 100644
--- a/examples/pom.xml
+++ b/examples/pom.xml
@@ -111,6 +111,10 @@
           <groupId>org.jruby</groupId>
           <artifactId>jruby-complete</artifactId>
         </exclusion>
+        <exclusion>
+          <groupId>io.netty</groupId>
+          <artifactId>netty</artifactId>
+        </exclusion>
       </exclusions>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 9c975a45f8d23..a44c34ec1d1e0 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -606,6 +606,12 @@
         <groupId>${akka.group}</groupId>
         <artifactId>akka-remote_${scala.binary.version}</artifactId>
         <version>${akka.version}</version>
+        <exclusions>
+          <exclusion>
+            <groupId>io.netty</groupId>
+            <artifactId>netty</artifactId>
+          </exclusion>
+        </exclusions>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>${akka.group}</groupId>
@@ -849,6 +855,10 @@
             <groupId>org.jboss.netty</groupId>
             <artifactId>netty</artifactId>
           </exclusion>
+          <exclusion>
+            <groupId>io.netty</groupId>
+            <artifactId>netty</artifactId>
+          </exclusion>
         </exclusions>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
@@ -909,6 +919,10 @@
             <groupId>junit</groupId>
             <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
           </exclusion>
+          <exclusion>
+            <groupId>io.netty</groupId>
+            <artifactId>netty</artifactId>
+          </exclusion>
         </exclusions>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
@@ -1009,6 +1023,10 @@
             <groupId>org.jboss.netty</groupId>
             <artifactId>netty</artifactId>
           </exclusion>
+          <exclusion>
+            <groupId>io.netty</groupId>
+            <artifactId>netty</artifactId>
+          </exclusion>
           <exclusion>
             <groupId>commons-logging</groupId>
             <artifactId>commons-logging</artifactId>
@@ -1033,6 +1051,10 @@
             <groupId>org.jboss.netty</groupId>
             <artifactId>netty</artifactId>
           </exclusion>
+          <exclusion>
+            <groupId>io.netty</groupId>
+            <artifactId>netty</artifactId>
+          </exclusion>
           <exclusion>
             <groupId>javax.servlet</groupId>
             <artifactId>servlet-api</artifactId>
@@ -1062,6 +1084,10 @@
             <groupId>org.jboss.netty</groupId>
             <artifactId>netty</artifactId>
           </exclusion>
+          <exclusion>
+            <groupId>io.netty</groupId>
+            <artifactId>netty</artifactId>
+          </exclusion>
           <exclusion>
             <groupId>javax.servlet</groupId>
             <artifactId>servlet-api</artifactId>
@@ -1090,6 +1116,10 @@
             <groupId>org.jboss.netty</groupId>
             <artifactId>netty</artifactId>
           </exclusion>
+          <exclusion>
+            <groupId>io.netty</groupId>
+            <artifactId>netty</artifactId>
+          </exclusion>
           <exclusion>
             <groupId>javax.servlet</groupId>
             <artifactId>servlet-api</artifactId>
@@ -1118,6 +1148,10 @@
             <groupId>org.jboss.netty</groupId>
             <artifactId>netty</artifactId>
           </exclusion>
+          <exclusion>
+            <groupId>io.netty</groupId>
+            <artifactId>netty</artifactId>
+          </exclusion>
           <exclusion>
             <groupId>javax.servlet</groupId>
             <artifactId>servlet-api</artifactId>
@@ -1133,6 +1167,16 @@
         <artifactId>zookeeper</artifactId>
         <version>${zookeeper.version}</version>
         <scope>${hadoop.deps.scope}</scope>
+        <exclusions>
+          <exclusion>
+            <groupId>org.jboss.netty</groupId>
+            <artifactId>netty</artifactId>
+          </exclusion>
+          <exclusion>
+            <groupId>io.netty</groupId>
+            <artifactId>netty</artifactId>
+          </exclusion>
+        </exclusions>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.codehaus.jackson</groupId>
@@ -1858,7 +1902,7 @@
         <plugin>
           <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
           <artifactId>maven-enforcer-plugin</artifactId>
-          <version>1.4</version>
+          <version>1.4.1</version>
           <executions>
             <execution>
               <id>enforce-versions</id>
@@ -1873,6 +1917,17 @@
                   <requireJavaVersion>
                     <version>${java.version}</version>
                   </requireJavaVersion>
+                  <bannedDependencies>
+                    <excludes>
+                      <exclude>io.netty:netty</exclude>
+                      <exclude>org.jboss.netty</exclude>
+                    </excludes>
+                    <includes>
+                      <!-- Required by Flume sink tests -->
+                      <include>io.netty:netty:3.4.0.Final:*:test</include>
+                    </includes>
+                    <searchTransitive>true</searchTransitive>
+                  </bannedDependencies>
                 </rules>
               </configuration>
             </execution>