diff --git a/hadoop-client-modules/hadoop-client/pom.xml b/hadoop-client-modules/hadoop-client/pom.xml
index 5299c9e871..9170bf4b54 100644
--- a/hadoop-client-modules/hadoop-client/pom.xml
+++ b/hadoop-client-modules/hadoop-client/pom.xml
@@ -69,6 +69,10 @@
           <groupId>com.github.pjfanning</groupId>
           <artifactId>jersey-json</artifactId>
         </exclusion>
+        <exclusion>
+          <groupId>org.codehaus.jettison</groupId>
+          <artifactId>jettison</artifactId>
+        </exclusion>
         <exclusion>
           <groupId>com.sun.jersey</groupId>
           <artifactId>jersey-server</artifactId>
@@ -182,6 +186,10 @@
           <groupId>com.github.pjfanning</groupId>
           <artifactId>jersey-json</artifactId>
         </exclusion>
+        <exclusion>
+          <groupId>org.codehaus.jettison</groupId>
+          <artifactId>jettison</artifactId>
+        </exclusion>
         <exclusion>
           <groupId>io.netty</groupId>
           <artifactId>netty</artifactId>
@@ -233,6 +241,10 @@
           <groupId>com.github.pjfanning</groupId>
           <artifactId>jersey-json</artifactId>
         </exclusion>
+        <exclusion>
+          <groupId>org.codehaus.jettison</groupId>
+          <artifactId>jettison</artifactId>
+        </exclusion>
         <exclusion>
           <groupId>com.sun.jersey</groupId>
           <artifactId>jersey-servlet</artifactId>
@@ -290,6 +302,10 @@
           <groupId>com.github.pjfanning</groupId>
           <artifactId>jersey-json</artifactId>
         </exclusion>
+        <exclusion>
+          <groupId>org.codehaus.jettison</groupId>
+          <artifactId>jettison</artifactId>
+        </exclusion>
         <exclusion>
           <groupId>io.netty</groupId>
           <artifactId>netty</artifactId>
diff --git a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/pom.xml b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/pom.xml
index 41efc183c3..5fb267cfd0 100644
--- a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/pom.xml
+++ b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/pom.xml
@@ -175,6 +175,14 @@
         </exclusion>
       </exclusions>
     </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <!--
+      adding jettison as direct dependency (as jersey-json's jettison dependency is vulnerable with verison 1.1),
+      so those who depends on hadoop-common externally will get the non-vulnerable jettison
+      -->
+      <groupId>org.codehaus.jettison</groupId>
+      <artifactId>jettison</artifactId>
+    </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.sun.jersey</groupId>
       <artifactId>jersey-server</artifactId>