diff --git a/.kokoro/dependencies.sh b/.kokoro/dependencies.sh
index 4e4085d68..586b78bb9 100755
--- a/.kokoro/dependencies.sh
+++ b/.kokoro/dependencies.sh
@@ -65,7 +65,9 @@ function completenessCheck() {
   # This is stripped from the output as it is not present in the flattened pom.
   # Only dependencies with 'compile' or 'runtime' scope are included from original dependency list.
   msg "Generating dependency list using original pom..."
-  mvn dependency:list -f pom.xml -DincludeScope=runtime -Dsort=true | grep '\[INFO]    .*:.*:.*:.*:.*' | sed -e s/\\s--\\smodule.*// >.org-list.txt
+  # Excluding commons-codec,commons-logging from the comparison as a temp fix
+  # Explanation and issue filed in maven-dependency-plugin: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/MDEP-737
+  mvn dependency:list -f pom.xml -DexcludeArtifactIds=commons-codec,commons-logging -DincludeScope=runtime -Dsort=true | grep '\[INFO]    .*:.*:.*:.*:.*' | sed -e s/\\s--\\smodule.*// >.org-list.txt
 
   # Output dep list generated using the flattened pom (only 'compile' and 'runtime' scopes)
   msg "Generating dependency list using flattened pom..."