diff --git a/sharelib/hive2/pom.xml b/sharelib/hive2/pom.xml
index bd95399e3..32bebda47 100644
--- a/sharelib/hive2/pom.xml
+++ b/sharelib/hive2/pom.xml
@@ -166,6 +166,12 @@ e
             <groupId>org.apache.hive</groupId>
             <artifactId>hive-jdbc</artifactId>
             <scope>compile</scope>
+            <exclusions>
+                <exclusion>
+                    <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
+                    <artifactId>log4j-1.2-api</artifactId>
+                </exclusion>
+            </exclusions>
         </dependency>
 
         <dependency>