diff --git a/project/SparkBuild.scala b/project/SparkBuild.scala
index 041fe78d5e547..85e7abcc0f5ad 100644
--- a/project/SparkBuild.scala
+++ b/project/SparkBuild.scala
@@ -1214,6 +1214,7 @@ object ExcludedDependencies {
     libraryDependencies ~= { libs => libs.filterNot(_.name == "groovy-all") },
     excludeDependencies ++= Seq(
       ExclusionRule(organization = "ch.qos.logback"),
+      ExclusionRule("org.lz4", "lz4-java"),
       ExclusionRule("org.slf4j", "slf4j-simple"),
       ExclusionRule("javax.servlet", "javax.servlet-api"))
   )