diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index e542d616..9d3ce743 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -102,6 +102,7 @@
       <groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>
       <artifactId>hadoop-core</artifactId>
       <version>0.20.2-cdh3u4</version>
+	  <scope>provided</scope>
       <exclusions>
         <exclusion>
           <groupId>commons-httpclient</groupId>