diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 912501b54..030f51828 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -353,6 +353,8 @@
                 </exclusion>
             </exclusions>
         </dependency>
+        <!-- explicitly add slider-core as the dependencyManagement does not seem to override
+        the import of org.apache.hive:hive-llap-server -->
         <dependency>
             <groupId>io.confluent</groupId>
             <artifactId>confluent-log4j</artifactId>