diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index f77a508..5a22cc4 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -179,7 +179,7 @@
 
     <slf4j.version>1.7.5</slf4j.version>
     <stringtemplate.version>2.4.1</stringtemplate.version>
-    <zookeeper.version>3.4.5</zookeeper.version>
+    <zookeeper.version>3.4.6</zookeeper.version>
 
 
     <!--  Plugin versions    -->
@@ -943,6 +943,18 @@
             <groupId>org.junit</groupId>
             <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
           </exclusion>
+          <exclusion>
+            <groupId>com.sun.jdmk</groupId>
+            <artifactId>jmxtools</artifactId>
+          </exclusion>
+          <exclusion>
+            <groupId>com.sun.jmx</groupId>
+            <artifactId>jmxri</artifactId>
+          </exclusion>
+          <exclusion>
+            <groupId>org.jboss.netty</groupId>
+            <artifactId>netty</artifactId>
+          </exclusion>
         </exclusions>
       </dependency>
 
@@ -1228,6 +1240,13 @@
         <groupId>org.mortbay.jetty</groupId>
         <artifactId>jetty</artifactId>
         <version>${jetty.version}</version>
+        <exclusions>
+          <!-- cut the jetty version of the servlet API —Hadoop ships with one-->
+          <exclusion>
+            <groupId>org.mortbay.jetty</groupId>
+            <artifactId>servlet-api</artifactId>
+          </exclusion>
+        </exclusions>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.mortbay.jetty</groupId>