diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 8c3e12fbba374..146e90da3ab29 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/),
 - Bump `org.apache.hadoop:hadoop-minicluster` from 3.4.1 to 3.4.2 ([#19605](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch/pull/19605))
 - Bump `io.grpc` deps from 1.68.2 to 1.75.0 ([#19495](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch/pull/19495))
 - Bump `com.nimbusds:nimbus-jose-jwt` from 10.0.2 to 10.3 ([#19604](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch/pull/19604))
+- Exclude commons-lang and org.jsonschema2pojo from hadoop-miniclusters  ([#19538](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch/pull/19538))
 
 ### Deprecated
 
diff --git a/test/fixtures/hdfs-fixture/build.gradle b/test/fixtures/hdfs-fixture/build.gradle
index 0c109520262d5..dc5639c96e7bd 100644
--- a/test/fixtures/hdfs-fixture/build.gradle
+++ b/test/fixtures/hdfs-fixture/build.gradle
@@ -55,6 +55,8 @@ dependencies {
     exclude module: "commons-configuration2"
     exclude module: "commons-beanutils"
     exclude module: "org.eclipse.jetty"
+    exclude group: "commons-lang"
+    exclude group: "org.jsonschema2pojo"
   }
   api "dnsjava:dnsjava:3.6.2"
   api "org.codehaus.jettison:jettison:${versions.jettison}"