diff --git a/tez-dist/src/main/assembly/tez-dist.xml b/tez-dist/src/main/assembly/tez-dist.xml
index b8834a8..9456664 100644
--- a/tez-dist/src/main/assembly/tez-dist.xml
+++ b/tez-dist/src/main/assembly/tez-dist.xml
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@
             <excludes>
               <exclude>*:*:test-jar</exclude>
               <exclude>org.apache.tez:*</exclude>
+              <exclude>jline:jline</exclude>
             </excludes>
           </dependencySet>
         </dependencySets>