diff --git a/hudi-common/pom.xml b/hudi-common/pom.xml
index 23905d850..c6039ce3a 100644
--- a/hudi-common/pom.xml
+++ b/hudi-common/pom.xml
@@ -170,6 +170,12 @@
       <artifactId>system-rules</artifactId>
       <version>1.16.0</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
+      <exclusions>
+        <exclusion>
+          <groupId>junit</groupId>
+          <artifactId>junit-dep</artifactId>
+        </exclusion>
+      </exclusions>
     </dependency>
   </dependencies>
 </project>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index f627c0427..e4cdbd220 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -83,7 +83,6 @@
     <glassfish.version>2.17</glassfish.version>
     <parquet.version>1.10.1</parquet.version>
     <junit.version>4.11</junit.version>
-    <junit-dep.version>4.10</junit-dep.version>
     <mockito.version>1.10.19</mockito.version>
     <log4j.version>1.2.17</log4j.version>
     <slf4j.version>1.7.5</slf4j.version>