diff --git a/dev/deps/spark-deps-hadoop-2.2 b/dev/deps/spark-deps-hadoop-2.2
index 13d1b0e950480..e4373f79f7922 100644
--- a/dev/deps/spark-deps-hadoop-2.2
+++ b/dev/deps/spark-deps-hadoop-2.2
@@ -142,6 +142,7 @@ 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 d7deaa0a24541..7478181406d07 100644
--- a/dev/deps/spark-deps-hadoop-2.3
+++ b/dev/deps/spark-deps-hadoop-2.3
@@ -133,6 +133,7 @@ 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 7ad2212ed5ae7..faffb8bf398a5 100644
--- a/dev/deps/spark-deps-hadoop-2.4
+++ b/dev/deps/spark-deps-hadoop-2.4
@@ -134,6 +134,7 @@ 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 7f8518927aec4..e703c7acd3876 100644
--- a/dev/deps/spark-deps-hadoop-2.6
+++ b/dev/deps/spark-deps-hadoop-2.6
@@ -140,6 +140,7 @@ 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/examples/pom.xml b/examples/pom.xml
index 6013085b10e84..1a0d5e5854642 100644
--- a/examples/pom.xml
+++ b/examples/pom.xml
@@ -111,10 +111,6 @@
           <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 cbed36c1eac16..06cccf1df0bb2 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -519,12 +519,6 @@
         <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>
@@ -768,10 +762,6 @@
             <groupId>org.jboss.netty</groupId>
             <artifactId>netty</artifactId>
           </exclusion>
-          <exclusion>
-            <groupId>io.netty</groupId>
-            <artifactId>netty</artifactId>
-          </exclusion>
         </exclusions>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
@@ -832,10 +822,6 @@
             <groupId>junit</groupId>
             <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
           </exclusion>
-          <exclusion>
-            <groupId>io.netty</groupId>
-            <artifactId>netty</artifactId>
-          </exclusion>
         </exclusions>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
@@ -936,10 +922,6 @@
             <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>
@@ -964,10 +946,6 @@
             <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>
@@ -997,10 +975,6 @@
             <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>
@@ -1029,10 +1003,6 @@
             <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>
@@ -1061,10 +1031,6 @@
             <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>
@@ -1085,10 +1051,6 @@
             <groupId>org.jboss.netty</groupId>
             <artifactId>netty</artifactId>
           </exclusion>
-          <exclusion>
-            <groupId>io.netty</groupId>
-            <artifactId>netty</artifactId>
-          </exclusion>
         </exclusions>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
@@ -1832,13 +1794,15 @@
                   </requireJavaVersion>
                   <bannedDependencies>
                     <excludes>
-                      <exclude>io.netty:netty</exclude>
+                      <!--
+                        Akka depends on io.netty:netty, which puts classes under the org.jboss.netty
+                        package. This conflicts with the classes in org.jboss.netty:netty
+                        artifact, so we have to ban that artifact here. In Netty 4.x, the classes
+                        are under the io.netty package, so it's fine for us to depend on both
+                        io.netty:netty and io.netty:netty-all.
+                      -->
                       <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>