diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index a685863963955..d400a766a0d95 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -527,6 +527,10 @@
             <groupId>org.mortbay.jetty</groupId>
             <artifactId>servlet-api-2.5</artifactId>
           </exclusion>
+          <exclusion>
+            <groupId>javax.servlet</groupId>
+            <artifactId>servlet-api</artifactId>
+          </exclusion>
           <exclusion>
             <groupId>junit</groupId>
             <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
@@ -610,6 +614,10 @@
         <artifactId>hadoop-yarn-api</artifactId>
         <version>${yarn.version}</version>
         <exclusions>
+          <exclusion>
+            <groupId>javax.servlet</groupId>
+            <artifactId>servlet-api</artifactId>
+          </exclusion>
           <exclusion>
             <groupId>asm</groupId>
             <artifactId>asm</artifactId>