diff --git a/dhp-workflows/dhp-graph-mapper/pom.xml b/dhp-workflows/dhp-graph-mapper/pom.xml
index 574c670ac..fd088cd2a 100644
--- a/dhp-workflows/dhp-graph-mapper/pom.xml
+++ b/dhp-workflows/dhp-graph-mapper/pom.xml
@@ -28,6 +28,12 @@
             <groupId>org.apache.spark</groupId>
             <artifactId>spark-hive_2.11</artifactId>
             <scope>test</scope>
+            <exclusions>
+                <exclusion>
+                <groupId>org.apache.httpcomponents</groupId>
+                    <artifactId>httpclient</artifactId>
+                </exclusion>
+            </exclusions>
         </dependency>
 
         <dependency>