diff --git a/metron-analytics/metron-maas-common/pom.xml b/metron-analytics/metron-maas-common/pom.xml
index b4041118ba..4fa3163760 100644
--- a/metron-analytics/metron-maas-common/pom.xml
+++ b/metron-analytics/metron-maas-common/pom.xml
@@ -1,15 +1,15 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<!-- 
-  Licensed to the Apache Software 
-  Foundation (ASF) under one or more contributor license agreements. See the 
-  NOTICE file distributed with this work for additional information regarding 
-  copyright ownership. The ASF licenses this file to You under the Apache License, 
-  Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance 
-  with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 
-  Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software distributed 
-  under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES 
-  OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the License for 
-  the specific language governing permissions and limitations under the License. 
+<!--
+  Licensed to the Apache Software
+  Foundation (ASF) under one or more contributor license agreements. See the
+  NOTICE file distributed with this work for additional information regarding
+  copyright ownership. The ASF licenses this file to You under the Apache License,
+  Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+  with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software distributed
+  under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES
+  OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the License for
+  the specific language governing permissions and limitations under the License.
   -->
 
 <project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
@@ -54,11 +54,25 @@
       <groupId>org.apache.curator</groupId>
       <artifactId>curator-recipes</artifactId>
       <version>${global_curator_version}</version>
+      <exclusions>
+        <exclusion>
+          <!-- need to exclude zookeeper 3.5.x http://curator.apache.org/zk-compatibility.html -->
+          <groupId>org.apache.zookeeper</groupId>
+          <artifactId>zookeeper</artifactId>
+        </exclusion>
+      </exclusions>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.curator</groupId>
       <artifactId>curator-x-discovery</artifactId>
       <version>${global_curator_version}</version>
+      <exclusions>
+        <exclusion>
+          <!-- need to exclude zookeeper 3.5.x http://curator.apache.org/zk-compatibility.html -->
+          <groupId>org.apache.zookeeper</groupId>
+          <artifactId>zookeeper</artifactId>
+        </exclusion>
+      </exclusions>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.httpcomponents</groupId>
@@ -83,8 +97,15 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.curator</groupId>
       <artifactId>curator-test</artifactId>
-      <version>${curator.version}</version>
+      <version>${global_curator_test_version}</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
+      <exclusions>
+        <exclusion>
+          <!-- need to exclude zookeeper 3.5.x http://curator.apache.org/zk-compatibility.html -->
+          <groupId>org.apache.zookeeper</groupId>
+          <artifactId>zookeeper</artifactId>
+        </exclusion>
+      </exclusions>
     </dependency>
 
   </dependencies>
diff --git a/metron-analytics/metron-maas-service/pom.xml b/metron-analytics/metron-maas-service/pom.xml
index ebb58bde61..4e81be6617 100644
--- a/metron-analytics/metron-maas-service/pom.xml
+++ b/metron-analytics/metron-maas-service/pom.xml
@@ -1,15 +1,15 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<!-- 
-  Licensed to the Apache Software 
-  Foundation (ASF) under one or more contributor license agreements. See the 
-  NOTICE file distributed with this work for additional information regarding 
-  copyright ownership. The ASF licenses this file to You under the Apache License, 
-  Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance 
-  with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 
-  Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software distributed 
-  under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES 
-  OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the License for 
-  the specific language governing permissions and limitations under the License. 
+<!--
+  Licensed to the Apache Software
+  Foundation (ASF) under one or more contributor license agreements. See the
+  NOTICE file distributed with this work for additional information regarding
+  copyright ownership. The ASF licenses this file to You under the Apache License,
+  Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+  with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software distributed
+  under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES
+  OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the License for
+  the specific language governing permissions and limitations under the License.
   -->
 
 <project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
@@ -59,6 +59,23 @@
       <artifactId>hadoop-yarn-server-common</artifactId>
       <version>${hadoop.version}</version>
       <scope>provided</scope>
+      <exclusions>
+        <exclusion>
+            <!-- to avoid pulling in curator 2.12.0 with hadoop 3.1.x -->
+            <groupId>org.apache.curator</groupId>
+            <artifactId>curator-framework</artifactId>
+        </exclusion>
+        <exclusion>
+            <!-- to avoid pulling in curator 2.12.0 with hadoop 3.1.x -->
+            <groupId>org.apache.curator</groupId>
+            <artifactId>curator-client</artifactId>
+        </exclusion>
+        <exclusion>
+            <!-- to avoid pulling in curator 2.12.0 with hadoop 3.1.x -->
+            <groupId>org.apache.curator</groupId>
+            <artifactId>curator-recipes</artifactId>
+        </exclusion>
+      </exclusions>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>
@@ -94,6 +111,13 @@
       <artifactId>hadoop-yarn-common</artifactId>
       <version>${hadoop.version}</version>
       <scope>provided</scope>
+      <exclusions>
+        <exclusion>
+            <!-- to avoid pulling in curator 2.12.0 with hadoop 3.1.x -->
+            <groupId>org.apache.curator</groupId>
+            <artifactId>curator-framework</artifactId>
+        </exclusion>
+      </exclusions>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>
@@ -119,16 +143,19 @@
       <scope>provided</scope>
       <exclusions>
         <exclusion>
-          <groupId>org.apache.curator</groupId>
-          <artifactId>curator-recipes</artifactId>
+            <!-- to avoid pulling in curator 2.12.0 with hadoop 3.1.x -->
+            <groupId>org.apache.curator</groupId>
+            <artifactId>curator-framework</artifactId>
         </exclusion>
         <exclusion>
-          <groupId>org.apache.curator</groupId>
-          <artifactId>curator-client</artifactId>
+            <!-- to avoid pulling in curator 2.12.0 with hadoop 3.1.x -->
+            <groupId>org.apache.curator</groupId>
+            <artifactId>curator-client</artifactId>
         </exclusion>
         <exclusion>
-          <groupId>org.apache.curator</groupId>
-          <artifactId>curator-framework</artifactId>
+            <!-- to avoid pulling in curator 2.12.0 with hadoop 3.1.x-->
+            <groupId>org.apache.curator</groupId>
+            <artifactId>curator-recipes</artifactId>
         </exclusion>
         <exclusion>
           <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
@@ -211,6 +238,21 @@
           <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
           <artifactId>slf4j-log4j12</artifactId>
         </exclusion>
+        <exclusion>
+            <!-- to avoid pulling in curator 2.12.0 with hadoop 3.1.x -->
+            <groupId>org.apache.curator</groupId>
+            <artifactId>curator-framework</artifactId>
+        </exclusion>
+        <exclusion>
+            <!-- to avoid pulling in curator 2.12.0 with hadoop 3.1.x -->
+            <groupId>org.apache.curator</groupId>
+            <artifactId>curator-client</artifactId>
+        </exclusion>
+        <exclusion>
+            <!-- to avoid pulling in curator 2.12.0 with hadoop 3.1.x -->
+            <groupId>org.apache.curator</groupId>
+            <artifactId>curator-recipes</artifactId>
+        </exclusion>
       </exclusions>
     </dependency>
 
diff --git a/metron-analytics/metron-profiler-spark/pom.xml b/metron-analytics/metron-profiler-spark/pom.xml
index 0c5a4e5ccf..da8356efb7 100644
--- a/metron-analytics/metron-profiler-spark/pom.xml
+++ b/metron-analytics/metron-profiler-spark/pom.xml
@@ -32,6 +32,13 @@
           <groupId>org.apache.spark</groupId>
           <artifactId>spark-core_2.11</artifactId>
           <version>${global_spark_version}</version>
+          <exclusions>
+              <exclusion>
+                  <!-- to avoid pulling in curator 2.12.0 with spark 2.3.x -->
+                  <groupId>org.apache.curator</groupId>
+                  <artifactId>curator-recipes</artifactId>
+              </exclusion>
+          </exclusions>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.spark</groupId>
diff --git a/metron-analytics/metron-profiler-storm/pom.xml b/metron-analytics/metron-profiler-storm/pom.xml
index 5a2bd34440..84c0631f5e 100644
--- a/metron-analytics/metron-profiler-storm/pom.xml
+++ b/metron-analytics/metron-profiler-storm/pom.xml
@@ -67,6 +67,26 @@
                     <groupId>org.apache.httpcomponents</groupId>
                     <artifactId>httpclient</artifactId>
                 </exclusion>
+                <exclusion>
+                    <!-- to avoid pulling in curator 2.12.0 with hadoop 3.1.x -->
+                    <groupId>org.apache.curator</groupId>
+                    <artifactId>curator-framework</artifactId>
+                </exclusion>
+                <exclusion>
+                    <!-- to avoid pulling in curator 2.12.0 with hadoop 3.1.x -->
+                    <groupId>org.apache.curator</groupId>
+                    <artifactId>curator-client</artifactId>
+                </exclusion>
+                <exclusion>
+                    <!-- to avoid pulling in curator 2.12.0 with hadoop 3.1.x -->
+                    <groupId>org.apache.curator</groupId>
+                    <artifactId>curator-recipes</artifactId>
+                </exclusion>
+                <exclusion>
+                    <!-- need to exclude zookeeper 3.4.9 with hadoop 3.1.x -->
+                    <groupId>org.apache.zookeeper</groupId>
+                    <artifactId>zookeeper</artifactId>
+                </exclusion>
             </exclusions>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
@@ -94,6 +114,21 @@
                     <artifactId>commons-lang</artifactId>
                     <groupId>commons-lang</groupId>
                 </exclusion>
+                <exclusion>
+                    <!-- to avoid pulling in curator 2.12.0 with hadoop 3.1.x -->
+                    <groupId>org.apache.curator</groupId>
+                    <artifactId>curator-client</artifactId>
+                </exclusion>
+                <exclusion>
+                    <!-- to avoid pulling in curator 2.12.0 with hadoop 3.1.x -->
+                    <groupId>org.apache.curator</groupId>
+                    <artifactId>curator-recipes</artifactId>
+                </exclusion>
+                <exclusion>
+                    <!-- to avoid pulling in curator 2.12.0 with hadoop 3.1.x -->
+                    <groupId>org.apache.curator</groupId>
+                    <artifactId>curator-framework</artifactId>
+                </exclusion>
             </exclusions>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
diff --git a/metron-interface/metron-rest/pom.xml b/metron-interface/metron-rest/pom.xml
index 75f3dc9c5b..9affafb89e 100644
--- a/metron-interface/metron-rest/pom.xml
+++ b/metron-interface/metron-rest/pom.xml
@@ -27,7 +27,6 @@
         <project.reporting.outputEncoding>UTF-8</project.reporting.outputEncoding>
         <java.version>1.8</java.version>
         <antlr.version>4.5</antlr.version>
-        <curator.version>2.7.1</curator.version>
         <powermock.version>1.6.4</powermock.version>
         <spring.boot.version>2.0.1.RELEASE</spring.boot.version>
         <spring.kerberos.version>1.0.1.RELEASE</spring.kerberos.version>
@@ -127,7 +126,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.curator</groupId>
             <artifactId>curator-recipes</artifactId>
-            <version>${curator.version}</version>
+            <version>${global_curator_version}</version>
             <exclusions>
                 <exclusion>
                     <groupId>com.google.guava</groupId>
@@ -137,6 +136,11 @@
                     <groupId>log4j</groupId>
                     <artifactId>log4j</artifactId>
                 </exclusion>
+              <exclusion>
+                <!-- need to exclude zookeeper 3.5.x http://curator.apache.org/zk-compatibility.html -->
+                <groupId>org.apache.zookeeper</groupId>
+                <artifactId>zookeeper</artifactId>
+              </exclusion>
             </exclusions>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
@@ -246,6 +250,21 @@
               <groupId>javax.servlet</groupId>
               <artifactId>servlet-api</artifactId>
             </exclusion>
+            <exclusion>
+                <!-- to avoid pulling in curator 2.12.0 with hadoop 3.1.x -->
+                <groupId>org.apache.curator</groupId>
+                <artifactId>curator-framework</artifactId>
+            </exclusion>
+            <exclusion>
+                <!-- to avoid pulling in curator 2.12.0 with hadoop 3.1.x -->
+                <groupId>org.apache.curator</groupId>
+                <artifactId>curator-client</artifactId>
+            </exclusion>
+            <exclusion>
+                <!-- to avoid pulling in curator 2.12.0 with hadoop 3.1.x -->
+                <groupId>org.apache.curator</groupId>
+                <artifactId>curator-recipes</artifactId>
+            </exclusion>
           </exclusions>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
diff --git a/metron-platform/metron-common-streaming/metron-common-storm/pom.xml b/metron-platform/metron-common-streaming/metron-common-storm/pom.xml
index 27f3aa1180..2b9fbed59d 100644
--- a/metron-platform/metron-common-streaming/metron-common-storm/pom.xml
+++ b/metron-platform/metron-common-streaming/metron-common-storm/pom.xml
@@ -74,15 +74,34 @@
         <artifactId>flux-core</artifactId>
         <version>${global_flux_version}</version>
       </dependency>
+      <dependency>
+          <groupId>org.apache.zookeeper</groupId>
+          <artifactId>zookeeper</artifactId>
+          <version>${global_zookeeper_version}</version>
+      </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.apache.curator</groupId>
         <artifactId>curator-client</artifactId>
         <version>${global_curator_version}</version>
+        <exclusions>
+            <exclusion>
+                <!-- need to exclude zookeeper 3.5.x http://curator.apache.org/zk-compatibility.html -->
+                <groupId>org.apache.zookeeper</groupId>
+                <artifactId>zookeeper</artifactId>
+            </exclusion>
+        </exclusions>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.apache.curator</groupId>
         <artifactId>curator-test</artifactId>
-        <version>${global_curator_version}</version>
+        <version>${global_curator_test_version}</version>
+        <exclusions>
+            <exclusion>
+                <!-- need to exclude zookeeper 3.5.x http://curator.apache.org/zk-compatibility.html -->
+                <groupId>org.apache.zookeeper</groupId>
+                <artifactId>zookeeper</artifactId>
+            </exclusion>
+        </exclusions>
         <scope>test</scope>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
diff --git a/metron-platform/metron-common/pom.xml b/metron-platform/metron-common/pom.xml
index 710abc71e9..5d6ddaa630 100644
--- a/metron-platform/metron-common/pom.xml
+++ b/metron-platform/metron-common/pom.xml
@@ -39,6 +39,47 @@
         </repository>
     </repositories>
     <dependencies>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.apache.zookeeper</groupId>
+            <artifactId>zookeeper</artifactId>
+            <version>${global_zookeeper_version}</version>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+          <groupId>org.apache.curator</groupId>
+          <artifactId>curator-client</artifactId>
+          <version>${global_curator_version}</version>
+          <exclusions>
+              <exclusion>
+                  <!-- need to exclude zookeeper 3.5.x -->
+                  <groupId>org.apache.zookeeper</groupId>
+                  <artifactId>zookeeper</artifactId>
+              </exclusion>
+          </exclusions>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+          <groupId>org.apache.curator</groupId>
+          <artifactId>curator-recipes</artifactId>
+          <version>${global_curator_version}</version>
+          <exclusions>
+              <exclusion>
+                  <!-- need to exclude zookeeper 3.5.x -->
+                  <groupId>org.apache.zookeeper</groupId>
+                  <artifactId>zookeeper</artifactId>
+              </exclusion>
+          </exclusions>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+          <groupId>org.apache.curator</groupId>
+          <artifactId>curator-framework</artifactId>
+          <version>${global_curator_version}</version>
+          <exclusions>
+              <exclusion>
+                  <!-- need to exclude zookeeper 3.5.x -->
+                  <groupId>org.apache.zookeeper</groupId>
+                  <artifactId>zookeeper</artifactId>
+              </exclusion>
+          </exclusions>
+        </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.metron</groupId>
             <artifactId>metron-maas-common</artifactId>
@@ -146,11 +187,6 @@
                 </exclusion>
             </exclusions>
         </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.apache.curator</groupId>
-            <artifactId>curator-client</artifactId>
-            <version>${global_curator_version}</version>
-        </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.atteo.classindex</groupId>
             <artifactId>classindex</artifactId>
@@ -206,6 +242,26 @@
                     <artifactId>slf4j-log4j12</artifactId>
                     <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
                 </exclusion>
+                <exclusion>
+                    <!-- need to exclude zookeeper 3.4.9 with hadoop 3.1.x -->
+                    <groupId>org.apache.zookeeper</groupId>
+                    <artifactId>zookeeper</artifactId>
+                </exclusion>
+                <exclusion>
+                    <!-- to avoid pulling in curator 2.12.0 with hadoop 3.1.x -->
+                    <groupId>org.apache.curator</groupId>
+                    <artifactId>curator-framework</artifactId>
+                </exclusion>
+                <exclusion>
+                    <!-- to avoid pulling in curator 2.12.0 with hadoop 3.1.x -->
+                    <groupId>org.apache.curator</groupId>
+                    <artifactId>curator-client</artifactId>
+                </exclusion>
+                <exclusion>
+                    <!-- to avoid pulling in curator 2.12.0 with hadoop 3.1.x -->
+                    <groupId>org.apache.curator</groupId>
+                    <artifactId>curator-recipes</artifactId>
+                </exclusion>
             </exclusions>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
@@ -229,6 +285,21 @@
                     <groupId>asm</groupId>
                     <artifactId>asm</artifactId>
                 </exclusion>
+                <exclusion>
+                    <!-- to avoid pulling in curator 2.12.0 with hadoop 3.1.x -->
+                    <groupId>org.apache.curator</groupId>
+                    <artifactId>curator-client</artifactId>
+                </exclusion>
+                <exclusion>
+                    <!-- to avoid pulling in curator 2.12.0 with hadoop 3.1.x -->
+                    <groupId>org.apache.curator</groupId>
+                    <artifactId>curator-recipes</artifactId>
+                </exclusion>
+                <exclusion>
+                    <!-- need to exclude zookeeper 3.4.9 with hadoop 3.1.x -->
+                    <groupId>org.apache.zookeeper</groupId>
+                    <artifactId>zookeeper</artifactId>
+                </exclusion>
             </exclusions>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
@@ -254,8 +325,15 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.curator</groupId>
             <artifactId>curator-test</artifactId>
-            <version>${global_curator_version}</version>
+            <version>${global_curator_test_version}</version>
             <scope>test</scope>
+            <exclusions>
+                <exclusion>
+                    <!-- need to exclude zookeeper 3.5.x http://curator.apache.org/zk-compatibility.html -->
+                    <groupId>org.apache.zookeeper</groupId>
+                    <artifactId>zookeeper</artifactId>
+                </exclusion>
+            </exclusions>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>nl.jqno.equalsverifier</groupId>
diff --git a/metron-platform/metron-data-management/pom.xml b/metron-platform/metron-data-management/pom.xml
index 6ea2fb0252..07f98cf82b 100644
--- a/metron-platform/metron-data-management/pom.xml
+++ b/metron-platform/metron-data-management/pom.xml
@@ -168,6 +168,21 @@
                     <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
                     <artifactId>slf4j-log4j12</artifactId>
                 </exclusion>
+                <exclusion>
+                    <!-- to avoid pulling in curator 2.12.0 with hadoop 3.1.x -->
+                    <groupId>org.apache.curator</groupId>
+                    <artifactId>curator-framework</artifactId>
+                </exclusion>
+                <exclusion>
+                    <!-- to avoid pulling in curator 2.12.0 with hadoop 3.1.x -->
+                    <groupId>org.apache.curator</groupId>
+                    <artifactId>curator-client</artifactId>
+                </exclusion>
+                <exclusion>
+                    <!-- to avoid pulling in curator 2.12.0 with hadoop 3.1.x -->
+                    <groupId>org.apache.curator</groupId>
+                    <artifactId>curator-recipes</artifactId>
+                </exclusion>
             </exclusions>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
@@ -187,6 +202,16 @@
                     <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
                     <artifactId>slf4j-log4j12</artifactId>
                 </exclusion>
+                <exclusion>
+                    <!-- to avoid pulling in curator 2.12.0 with hadoop 3.1.x -->
+                    <groupId>org.apache.curator</groupId>
+                    <artifactId>curator-client</artifactId>
+                </exclusion>
+                <exclusion>
+                    <!-- to avoid pulling in curator 2.12.0 with hadoop 3.1.x -->
+                    <groupId>org.apache.curator</groupId>
+                    <artifactId>curator-recipes</artifactId>
+                </exclusion>
             </exclusions>
             <scope>provided</scope>
         </dependency>
@@ -245,6 +270,21 @@
                     <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
                     <artifactId>slf4j-log4j12</artifactId>
                 </exclusion>
+                <exclusion>
+                    <!-- to avoid pulling in curator 2.12.0 with hadoop 3.1.x -->
+                    <groupId>org.apache.curator</groupId>
+                    <artifactId>curator-framework</artifactId>
+                </exclusion>
+                <exclusion>
+                    <!-- to avoid pulling in curator 2.12.0 with hadoop 3.1.x -->
+                    <groupId>org.apache.curator</groupId>
+                    <artifactId>curator-client</artifactId>
+                </exclusion>
+                <exclusion>
+                    <!-- to avoid pulling in curator 2.12.0 with hadoop 3.1.x -->
+                    <groupId>org.apache.curator</groupId>
+                    <artifactId>curator-recipes</artifactId>
+                </exclusion>
             </exclusions>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
diff --git a/metron-platform/metron-elasticsearch/metron-elasticsearch-common/pom.xml b/metron-platform/metron-elasticsearch/metron-elasticsearch-common/pom.xml
index 052586a4bc..9f8ddb9076 100644
--- a/metron-platform/metron-elasticsearch/metron-elasticsearch-common/pom.xml
+++ b/metron-platform/metron-elasticsearch/metron-elasticsearch-common/pom.xml
@@ -155,6 +155,16 @@
                     <groupId>org.apache.httpcomponents</groupId>
                     <artifactId>httpcore</artifactId>
                 </exclusion>
+                <exclusion>
+                    <!-- to avoid pulling in curator 2.12.0 with hadoop 3.1.x -->
+                    <groupId>org.apache.curator</groupId>
+                    <artifactId>curator-client</artifactId>
+                </exclusion>
+                <exclusion>
+                    <!-- to avoid pulling in curator 2.12.0 with hadoop 3.1.x -->
+                    <groupId>org.apache.curator</groupId>
+                    <artifactId>curator-recipes</artifactId>
+                </exclusion>
              </exclusions>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
diff --git a/metron-platform/metron-enrichment/metron-enrichment-storm/pom.xml b/metron-platform/metron-enrichment/metron-enrichment-storm/pom.xml
index 4bbf65339a..062860910f 100644
--- a/metron-platform/metron-enrichment/metron-enrichment-storm/pom.xml
+++ b/metron-platform/metron-enrichment/metron-enrichment-storm/pom.xml
@@ -132,6 +132,21 @@
                     <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
                     <artifactId>slf4j-log4j12</artifactId>
                 </exclusion>
+                <exclusion>
+                    <!-- to avoid pulling in curator 2.12.0 with hadoop 3.1.x -->
+                    <groupId>org.apache.curator</groupId>
+                    <artifactId>curator-framework</artifactId>
+                </exclusion>
+                <exclusion>
+                    <!-- to avoid pulling in curator 2.12.0 with hadoop 3.1.x -->
+                    <groupId>org.apache.curator</groupId>
+                    <artifactId>curator-client</artifactId>
+                </exclusion>
+                <exclusion>
+                    <!-- to avoid pulling in curator 2.12.0 with hadoop 3.1.x -->
+                    <groupId>org.apache.curator</groupId>
+                    <artifactId>curator-recipes</artifactId>
+                </exclusion>
             </exclusions>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
@@ -224,6 +239,16 @@
                     <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
                     <artifactId>slf4j-log4j12</artifactId>
                 </exclusion>
+                <exclusion>
+                    <!-- to avoid pulling in curator 2.12.0 with hadoop 3.1.x -->
+                    <groupId>org.apache.curator</groupId>
+                    <artifactId>curator-client</artifactId>
+                </exclusion>
+                <exclusion>
+                    <!-- to avoid pulling in curator 2.12.0 with hadoop 3.1.x -->
+                    <groupId>org.apache.curator</groupId>
+                    <artifactId>curator-recipes</artifactId>
+                </exclusion>
             </exclusions>
         </dependency>
 
diff --git a/metron-platform/metron-hbase-server/pom.xml b/metron-platform/metron-hbase-server/pom.xml
index 0d33af4000..0f6bd83c90 100644
--- a/metron-platform/metron-hbase-server/pom.xml
+++ b/metron-platform/metron-hbase-server/pom.xml
@@ -132,6 +132,21 @@
                     <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
                     <artifactId>slf4j-log4j12</artifactId>
                 </exclusion>
+                <exclusion>
+                    <!-- to avoid pulling in curator 2.12.0 with hadoop 3.1.x -->
+                    <groupId>org.apache.curator</groupId>
+                    <artifactId>curator-framework</artifactId>
+                </exclusion>
+                <exclusion>
+                    <!-- to avoid pulling in curator 2.12.0 with hadoop 3.1.x -->
+                    <groupId>org.apache.curator</groupId>
+                    <artifactId>curator-client</artifactId>
+                </exclusion>
+                <exclusion>
+                    <!-- to avoid pulling in curator 2.12.0 with hadoop 3.1.x -->
+                    <groupId>org.apache.curator</groupId>
+                    <artifactId>curator-recipes</artifactId>
+                </exclusion>
             </exclusions>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
@@ -203,6 +218,21 @@
                     <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
                     <artifactId>slf4j-log4j12</artifactId>
                 </exclusion>
+                <exclusion>
+                    <!-- to avoid pulling in curator 2.12.0 with hadoop 3.1.x -->
+                    <groupId>org.apache.curator</groupId>
+                    <artifactId>curator-framework</artifactId>
+                </exclusion>
+                <exclusion>
+                    <!-- to avoid pulling in curator 2.12.0 with hadoop 3.1.x -->
+                    <groupId>org.apache.curator</groupId>
+                    <artifactId>curator-client</artifactId>
+                </exclusion>
+                <exclusion>
+                    <!-- to avoid pulling in curator 2.12.0 with hadoop 3.1.x -->
+                    <groupId>org.apache.curator</groupId>
+                    <artifactId>curator-recipes</artifactId>
+                </exclusion>
             </exclusions>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
diff --git a/metron-platform/metron-hbase/metron-hbase-common/pom.xml b/metron-platform/metron-hbase/metron-hbase-common/pom.xml
index 5b484c2a21..548d976605 100644
--- a/metron-platform/metron-hbase/metron-hbase-common/pom.xml
+++ b/metron-platform/metron-hbase/metron-hbase-common/pom.xml
@@ -1,15 +1,15 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<!-- 
-  Licensed to the Apache Software 
-	Foundation (ASF) under one or more contributor license agreements. See the 
-	NOTICE file distributed with this work for additional information regarding 
-	copyright ownership. The ASF licenses this file to You under the Apache License, 
-	Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance 
-	with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 
-	Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software distributed 
-	under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES 
-	OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the License for 
-  the specific language governing permissions and limitations under the License. 
+<!--
+  Licensed to the Apache Software
+	Foundation (ASF) under one or more contributor license agreements. See the
+	NOTICE file distributed with this work for additional information regarding
+	copyright ownership. The ASF licenses this file to You under the Apache License,
+	Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+	with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+	Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software distributed
+	under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES
+	OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the License for
+  the specific language governing permissions and limitations under the License.
   -->
 
 <project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
@@ -69,6 +69,21 @@
                     <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
                     <artifactId>slf4j-log4j12</artifactId>
                 </exclusion>
+                <exclusion>
+                    <!-- to avoid pulling in curator 2.12.0 with hadoop 3.1.x -->
+                    <groupId>org.apache.curator</groupId>
+                    <artifactId>curator-framework</artifactId>
+                </exclusion>
+                <exclusion>
+                    <!-- to avoid pulling in curator 2.12.0 with hadoop 3.1.x -->
+                    <groupId>org.apache.curator</groupId>
+                    <artifactId>curator-client</artifactId>
+                </exclusion>
+                <exclusion>
+                    <!-- to avoid pulling in curator 2.12.0 with hadoop 3.1.x -->
+                    <groupId>org.apache.curator</groupId>
+                    <artifactId>curator-recipes</artifactId>
+                </exclusion>
             </exclusions>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
@@ -99,6 +114,16 @@
                     <groupId>com.google.guava</groupId>
                     <artifactId>guava</artifactId>
                 </exclusion>
+                <exclusion>
+                    <!-- to avoid pulling in curator 2.12.0 with hadoop 3.1.x -->
+                    <groupId>org.apache.curator</groupId>
+                    <artifactId>curator-client</artifactId>
+                </exclusion>
+                <exclusion>
+                    <!-- to avoid pulling in curator 2.12.0 with hadoop 3.1.x -->
+                    <groupId>org.apache.curator</groupId>
+                    <artifactId>curator-recipes</artifactId>
+                </exclusion>
             </exclusions>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
@@ -151,6 +176,21 @@
                     <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
                     <artifactId>slf4j-log4j12</artifactId>
                 </exclusion>
+                <exclusion>
+                    <!-- to avoid pulling in curator 2.12.0 -->
+                    <groupId>org.apache.curator</groupId>
+                    <artifactId>curator-framework</artifactId>
+                </exclusion>
+                <exclusion>
+                    <!-- to avoid pulling in curator 2.12.0 -->
+                    <groupId>org.apache.curator</groupId>
+                    <artifactId>curator-client</artifactId>
+                </exclusion>
+                <exclusion>
+                    <!-- to avoid pulling in curator 2.12.0 -->
+                    <groupId>org.apache.curator</groupId>
+                    <artifactId>curator-recipes</artifactId>
+                </exclusion>
             </exclusions>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
diff --git a/metron-platform/metron-indexing/metron-indexing-common/pom.xml b/metron-platform/metron-indexing/metron-indexing-common/pom.xml
index 2850983335..f118521c17 100644
--- a/metron-platform/metron-indexing/metron-indexing-common/pom.xml
+++ b/metron-platform/metron-indexing/metron-indexing-common/pom.xml
@@ -59,7 +59,11 @@
             <version>${global_log4j_core_version}</version>
             <scope>runtime</scope>
         </dependency>
-
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
+            <artifactId>commons-math</artifactId>
+            <version>2.2</version>
+        </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.hbase</groupId>
             <artifactId>hbase-client</artifactId>
@@ -114,6 +118,16 @@
                     <artifactId>log4j</artifactId>
                     <groupId>log4j</groupId>
                 </exclusion>
+                <exclusion>
+                    <!-- to avoid pulling in curator 2.12.0 with hadoop 3.1.x -->
+                    <groupId>org.apache.curator</groupId>
+                    <artifactId>curator-client</artifactId>
+                </exclusion>
+                <exclusion>
+                    <!-- to avoid pulling in curator 2.12.0 with hadoop 3.1.x -->
+                    <groupId>org.apache.curator</groupId>
+                    <artifactId>curator-recipes</artifactId>
+                </exclusion>
             </exclusions>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
diff --git a/metron-platform/metron-integration-test/pom.xml b/metron-platform/metron-integration-test/pom.xml
index 76520d4333..6bb8291332 100644
--- a/metron-platform/metron-integration-test/pom.xml
+++ b/metron-platform/metron-integration-test/pom.xml
@@ -1,15 +1,15 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<!-- 
-  Licensed to the Apache Software 
-  Foundation (ASF) under one or more contributor license agreements. See the 
-  NOTICE file distributed with this work for additional information regarding 
-  copyright ownership. The ASF licenses this file to You under the Apache License, 
-  Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance 
-  with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 
-  Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software distributed 
-  under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES 
-  OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the License for 
-  the specific language governing permissions and limitations under the License. 
+<!--
+  Licensed to the Apache Software
+  Foundation (ASF) under one or more contributor license agreements. See the
+  NOTICE file distributed with this work for additional information regarding
+  copyright ownership. The ASF licenses this file to You under the Apache License,
+  Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+  with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software distributed
+  under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES
+  OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the License for
+  the specific language governing permissions and limitations under the License.
   -->
 
 <project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
@@ -27,6 +27,11 @@
   <properties>
   </properties>
   <dependencies>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.apache.zookeeper</groupId>
+      <artifactId>zookeeper</artifactId>
+      <version>${global_zookeeper_version}</version>
+    </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>log4j</groupId>
       <artifactId>log4j</artifactId>
@@ -37,13 +42,47 @@
       <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
       <version>${global_junit_version}</version>
     </dependency>
-
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.storm</groupId>
       <artifactId>flux-core</artifactId>
       <version>${global_flux_version}</version>
     </dependency>
-
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.apache.curator</groupId>
+      <artifactId>curator-client</artifactId>
+      <version>${global_curator_version}</version>
+      <exclusions>
+          <exclusion>
+              <!-- need to exclude zookeeper 3.5.x http://curator.apache.org/zk-compatibility.html -->
+              <groupId>org.apache.zookeeper</groupId>
+              <artifactId>zookeeper</artifactId>
+          </exclusion>
+      </exclusions>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.apache.curator</groupId>
+      <artifactId>curator-recipes</artifactId>
+      <version>${global_curator_version}</version>
+      <exclusions>
+          <exclusion>
+              <!-- need to exclude zookeeper 3.5.x http://curator.apache.org/zk-compatibility.html -->
+              <groupId>org.apache.zookeeper</groupId>
+              <artifactId>zookeeper</artifactId>
+          </exclusion>
+      </exclusions>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.apache.curator</groupId>
+      <artifactId>curator-framework</artifactId>
+      <version>${global_curator_version}</version>
+      <exclusions>
+          <exclusion>
+              <!-- need to exclude zookeeper 3.5.x http://curator.apache.org/zk-compatibility.html -->
+              <groupId>org.apache.zookeeper</groupId>
+              <artifactId>zookeeper</artifactId>
+          </exclusion>
+      </exclusions>
+    </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.storm</groupId>
       <artifactId>storm-core</artifactId>
@@ -77,6 +116,25 @@
           <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
           <artifactId>slf4j-log4j12</artifactId>
         </exclusion>
+        <exclusion>
+          <groupId>org.apache.zookeeper</groupId>
+          <artifactId>zookeeper</artifactId>
+        </exclusion>
+        <exclusion>
+            <!-- to avoid pulling in curator 2.12.0 with hadoop 3.1.x -->
+            <groupId>org.apache.curator</groupId>
+            <artifactId>curator-framework</artifactId>
+        </exclusion>
+        <exclusion>
+            <!-- to avoid pulling in curator 2.12.0 with hadoop 3.1.x -->
+            <groupId>org.apache.curator</groupId>
+            <artifactId>curator-client</artifactId>
+        </exclusion>
+        <exclusion>
+            <!-- to avoid pulling in curator 2.12.0 with hadoop 3.1.x -->
+            <groupId>org.apache.curator</groupId>
+            <artifactId>curator-recipes</artifactId>
+        </exclusion>
       </exclusions>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
@@ -96,6 +154,21 @@
           <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
           <artifactId>slf4j-log4j12</artifactId>
         </exclusion>
+        <exclusion>
+            <!-- to avoid pulling in curator 2.12.0 with hadoop 3.1.x -->
+            <groupId>org.apache.curator</groupId>
+            <artifactId>curator-framework</artifactId>
+        </exclusion>
+        <exclusion>
+            <!-- to avoid pulling in curator 2.12.0 with hadoop 3.1.x -->
+            <groupId>org.apache.curator</groupId>
+            <artifactId>curator-client</artifactId>
+        </exclusion>
+        <exclusion>
+            <!-- to avoid pulling in curator 2.12.0 with hadoop 3.1.x -->
+            <groupId>org.apache.curator</groupId>
+            <artifactId>curator-recipes</artifactId>
+        </exclusion>
       </exclusions>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
@@ -144,20 +217,29 @@
         </exclusion>
       </exclusions>
     </dependency>
-
-
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.kafka</groupId>
       <artifactId>kafka_2.12</artifactId>
       <version>${global_kafka_version}</version>
+      <exclusions>
+        <exclusion>
+          <groupId>org.apache.zookeeper</groupId>
+          <artifactId>zookeeper</artifactId>
+        </exclusion>
+      </exclusions>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.kafka</groupId>
       <artifactId>kafka_2.12</artifactId>
       <version>${global_kafka_version}</version>
       <classifier>test</classifier>
+      <exclusions>
+        <exclusion>
+          <groupId>org.apache.zookeeper</groupId>
+          <artifactId>zookeeper</artifactId>
+        </exclusion>
+      </exclusions>
     </dependency>
-
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>
       <artifactId>hadoop-hdfs</artifactId>
@@ -195,6 +277,21 @@
           <artifactId>slf4j-log4j12</artifactId>
           <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
         </exclusion>
+        <exclusion>
+            <!-- to avoid pulling in curator 2.12.0 with hadoop 3.1.x -->
+            <groupId>org.apache.curator</groupId>
+            <artifactId>curator-framework</artifactId>
+        </exclusion>
+        <exclusion>
+            <!-- to avoid pulling in curator 2.12.0 with hadoop 3.1.x -->
+            <groupId>org.apache.curator</groupId>
+            <artifactId>curator-client</artifactId>
+        </exclusion>
+        <exclusion>
+            <!-- to avoid pulling in curator 2.12.0 with hadoop 3.1.x -->
+            <groupId>org.apache.curator</groupId>
+            <artifactId>curator-recipes</artifactId>
+        </exclusion>
       </exclusions>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
@@ -247,6 +344,23 @@
       <groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>
       <artifactId>hadoop-yarn-server-common</artifactId>
       <version>${global_hadoop_version}</version>
+      <exclusions>
+        <exclusion>
+            <!-- to avoid pulling in curator 2.12.0 with hadoop 3.1.x -->
+            <groupId>org.apache.curator</groupId>
+            <artifactId>curator-framework</artifactId>
+        </exclusion>
+        <exclusion>
+            <!-- to avoid pulling in curator 2.12.0 with hadoop 3.1.x -->
+            <groupId>org.apache.curator</groupId>
+            <artifactId>curator-client</artifactId>
+        </exclusion>
+        <exclusion>
+            <!-- to avoid pulling in curator 2.12.0 with hadoop 3.1.x -->
+            <groupId>org.apache.curator</groupId>
+            <artifactId>curator-recipes</artifactId>
+        </exclusion>
+      </exclusions>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>
@@ -263,6 +377,21 @@
           <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
           <artifactId>slf4j-log4j12</artifactId>
         </exclusion>
+        <exclusion>
+            <!-- to avoid pulling in curator 2.12.0 with hadoop 3.1.x -->
+            <groupId>org.apache.curator</groupId>
+            <artifactId>curator-framework</artifactId>
+        </exclusion>
+        <exclusion>
+            <!-- to avoid pulling in curator 2.12.0 with hadoop 3.1.x -->
+            <groupId>org.apache.curator</groupId>
+            <artifactId>curator-client</artifactId>
+        </exclusion>
+        <exclusion>
+            <!-- to avoid pulling in curator 2.12.0 with hadoop 3.1.x -->
+            <groupId>org.apache.curator</groupId>
+            <artifactId>curator-recipes</artifactId>
+        </exclusion>
       </exclusions>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
diff --git a/metron-platform/metron-management/pom.xml b/metron-platform/metron-management/pom.xml
index 309a42d43e..d081c0144f 100644
--- a/metron-platform/metron-management/pom.xml
+++ b/metron-platform/metron-management/pom.xml
@@ -123,16 +123,39 @@
                     <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
                     <artifactId>slf4j-log4j12</artifactId>
                 </exclusion>
+                <exclusion>
+                    <!-- to avoid pulling in curator 2.12.0 with hadoop 3.1.x -->
+                    <groupId>org.apache.curator</groupId>
+                    <artifactId>curator-client</artifactId>
+                </exclusion>
+                <exclusion>
+                    <!-- to avoid pulling in curator 2.12.0 with hadoop 3.1.x -->
+                    <groupId>org.apache.curator</groupId>
+                    <artifactId>curator-recipes</artifactId>
+                </exclusion>
             </exclusions>
         </dependency>
 
         <!-- Test -->
 
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.apache.zookeeper</groupId>
+            <artifactId>zookeeper</artifactId>
+            <version>${global_zookeeper_version}</version>
+            <scope>test</scope>
+        </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.curator</groupId>
             <artifactId>curator-test</artifactId>
-            <version>${global_curator_version}</version>
+            <version>${global_curator_test_version}</version>
             <scope>test</scope>
+            <exclusions>
+                <exclusion>
+                    <!-- need to exclude zookeeper 3.5.x http://curator.apache.org/zk-compatibility.html -->
+                    <groupId>org.apache.zookeeper</groupId>
+                    <artifactId>zookeeper</artifactId>
+                </exclusion>
+            </exclusions>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.metron</groupId>
@@ -171,6 +194,21 @@
                     <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
                     <artifactId>slf4j-log4j12</artifactId>
                 </exclusion>
+                <exclusion>
+                    <!-- to avoid pulling in curator 2.12.0 with hadoop 3.1.x -->
+                    <groupId>org.apache.curator</groupId>
+                    <artifactId>curator-framework</artifactId>
+                </exclusion>
+                <exclusion>
+                    <!-- to avoid pulling in curator 2.12.0 with hadoop 3.1.x -->
+                    <groupId>org.apache.curator</groupId>
+                    <artifactId>curator-client</artifactId>
+                </exclusion>
+                <exclusion>
+                    <!-- to avoid pulling in curator 2.12.0 with hadoop 3.1.x -->
+                    <groupId>org.apache.curator</groupId>
+                    <artifactId>curator-recipes</artifactId>
+                </exclusion>
             </exclusions>
             <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
diff --git a/metron-platform/metron-parsing/metron-parsers-common/pom.xml b/metron-platform/metron-parsing/metron-parsers-common/pom.xml
index a35fd94951..c23cfac777 100644
--- a/metron-platform/metron-parsing/metron-parsers-common/pom.xml
+++ b/metron-platform/metron-parsing/metron-parsers-common/pom.xml
@@ -1,15 +1,15 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<!-- 
-  Licensed to the Apache Software 
-	Foundation (ASF) under one or more contributor license agreements. See the 
-	NOTICE file distributed with this work for additional information regarding 
-	copyright ownership. The ASF licenses this file to You under the Apache License, 
-	Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance 
-	with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 
-	Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software distributed 
-	under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES 
-	OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the License for 
-  the specific language governing permissions and limitations under the License. 
+<!--
+  Licensed to the Apache Software
+	Foundation (ASF) under one or more contributor license agreements. See the
+	NOTICE file distributed with this work for additional information regarding
+	copyright ownership. The ASF licenses this file to You under the Apache License,
+	Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+	with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+	Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software distributed
+	under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES
+	OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the License for
+  the specific language governing permissions and limitations under the License.
   -->
 
 <project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
@@ -77,6 +77,16 @@
                     <artifactId>log4j</artifactId>
                     <groupId>log4j</groupId>
                 </exclusion>
+                <exclusion>
+                    <!-- to avoid pulling in curator 2.12.0 with hadoop 3.1.x -->
+                    <groupId>org.apache.curator</groupId>
+                    <artifactId>curator-client</artifactId>
+                </exclusion>
+                <exclusion>
+                    <!-- to avoid pulling in curator 2.12.0 with hadoop 3.1.x -->
+                    <groupId>org.apache.curator</groupId>
+                    <artifactId>curator-recipes</artifactId>
+                </exclusion>
             </exclusions>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
diff --git a/metron-platform/metron-pcap-backend/pom.xml b/metron-platform/metron-pcap-backend/pom.xml
index c2cfa2484c..a9dd765e05 100644
--- a/metron-platform/metron-pcap-backend/pom.xml
+++ b/metron-platform/metron-pcap-backend/pom.xml
@@ -36,10 +36,22 @@
             <version>${guava_version}</version>
             <scope>compile</scope>
         </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.apache.zookeeper</groupId>
+            <artifactId>zookeeper</artifactId>
+            <version>${global_zookeeper_version}</version>
+        </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.curator</groupId>
             <artifactId>curator-client</artifactId>
-            <version>2.10.0</version>
+            <version>${global_curator_version}</version>
+            <exclusions>
+                <exclusion>
+                    <!-- need to exclude zookeeper 3.5.x http://curator.apache.org/zk-compatibility.html -->
+                    <groupId>org.apache.zookeeper</groupId>
+                    <artifactId>zookeeper</artifactId>
+                </exclusion>
+            </exclusions>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.storm</groupId>
@@ -50,12 +62,6 @@
             <groupId>org.apache.metron</groupId>
             <artifactId>metron-common</artifactId>
             <version>${project.parent.version}</version>
-            <exclusions>
-                <exclusion>
-                    <groupId>org.apache.curator</groupId>
-                    <artifactId>curator-client</artifactId>
-                </exclusion>
-            </exclusions>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.metron</groupId>
@@ -87,9 +93,15 @@
             <version>${global_hadoop_version}</version>
             <exclusions>
                 <exclusion>
+                    <!-- to avoid pulling in curator 2.12.0 with hadoop 3.1.x -->
                     <groupId>org.apache.curator</groupId>
                     <artifactId>curator-client</artifactId>
                 </exclusion>
+                <exclusion>
+                    <!-- to avoid pulling in curator 2.12.0 with hadoop 3.1.x -->
+                    <groupId>org.apache.curator</groupId>
+                    <artifactId>curator-recipes</artifactId>
+                </exclusion>
                 <exclusion>
                     <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
                     <artifactId>slf4j-log4j12</artifactId>
diff --git a/metron-platform/metron-pcap/pom.xml b/metron-platform/metron-pcap/pom.xml
index b5d0c5fa53..000fb9d0db 100644
--- a/metron-platform/metron-pcap/pom.xml
+++ b/metron-platform/metron-pcap/pom.xml
@@ -121,6 +121,21 @@
                     <groupId>org.apache.httpcomponents</groupId>
                     <artifactId>httpcore</artifactId>
                 </exclusion>
+                <exclusion>
+                    <!-- to avoid pulling in curator 2.12.0 with hadoop 3.1.x -->
+                    <groupId>org.apache.curator</groupId>
+                    <artifactId>curator-framework</artifactId>
+                </exclusion>
+                <exclusion>
+                    <!-- to avoid pulling in curator 2.12.0 with hadoop 3.1.x -->
+                    <groupId>org.apache.curator</groupId>
+                    <artifactId>curator-client</artifactId>
+                </exclusion>
+                <exclusion>
+                    <!-- to avoid pulling in curator 2.12.0 with hadoop 3.1.x -->
+                    <groupId>org.apache.curator</groupId>
+                    <artifactId>curator-recipes</artifactId>
+                </exclusion>
             </exclusions>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
diff --git a/metron-platform/metron-solr/metron-solr-common/pom.xml b/metron-platform/metron-solr/metron-solr-common/pom.xml
index 118a9250a2..a2bfe76cdd 100644
--- a/metron-platform/metron-solr/metron-solr-common/pom.xml
+++ b/metron-platform/metron-solr/metron-solr-common/pom.xml
@@ -132,6 +132,16 @@
                     <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
                     <artifactId>slf4j-log4j12</artifactId>
                 </exclusion>
+                <exclusion>
+                    <!-- to avoid pulling in curator 2.12.0 with hadoop 3.1.x -->
+                    <groupId>org.apache.curator</groupId>
+                    <artifactId>curator-client</artifactId>
+                </exclusion>
+                <exclusion>
+                    <!-- to avoid pulling in curator 2.12.0 with hadoop 3.1.x -->
+                    <groupId>org.apache.curator</groupId>
+                    <artifactId>curator-recipes</artifactId>
+                </exclusion>
             </exclusions>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
diff --git a/metron-platform/metron-solr/metron-solr-storm/pom.xml b/metron-platform/metron-solr/metron-solr-storm/pom.xml
index 3d55616fe0..38688fb38d 100644
--- a/metron-platform/metron-solr/metron-solr-storm/pom.xml
+++ b/metron-platform/metron-solr/metron-solr-storm/pom.xml
@@ -56,6 +56,21 @@
                     <artifactId>caffeine</artifactId>
                     <groupId>com.github.ben-manes.caffeine</groupId>
                 </exclusion>
+                <exclusion>
+                    <!-- to avoid pulling in curator 2.8.0 with solr 7.4.0 -->
+                    <groupId>org.apache.curator</groupId>
+                    <artifactId>curator-framework</artifactId>
+                </exclusion>
+                <exclusion>
+                    <!-- to avoid pulling in curator 2.8.0 with solr 7.4.0 -->
+                    <groupId>org.apache.curator</groupId>
+                    <artifactId>curator-client</artifactId>
+                </exclusion>
+                <exclusion>
+                    <!-- to avoid pulling in curator 2.8.0 with solr 7.4.0 -->
+                    <groupId>org.apache.curator</groupId>
+                    <artifactId>curator-recipes</artifactId>
+                </exclusion>
             </exclusions>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
diff --git a/metron-platform/metron-test-utilities/pom.xml b/metron-platform/metron-test-utilities/pom.xml
index c651fc7c41..165db4a43e 100644
--- a/metron-platform/metron-test-utilities/pom.xml
+++ b/metron-platform/metron-test-utilities/pom.xml
@@ -1,15 +1,15 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<!-- 
-  Licensed to the Apache Software 
-  Foundation (ASF) under one or more contributor license agreements. See the 
-  NOTICE file distributed with this work for additional information regarding 
-  copyright ownership. The ASF licenses this file to You under the Apache License, 
-  Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance 
-  with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 
-  Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software distributed 
-  under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES 
-  OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the License for 
-  the specific language governing permissions and limitations under the License. 
+<!--
+  Licensed to the Apache Software
+  Foundation (ASF) under one or more contributor license agreements. See the
+  NOTICE file distributed with this work for additional information regarding
+  copyright ownership. The ASF licenses this file to You under the Apache License,
+  Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+  with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software distributed
+  under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES
+  OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the License for
+  the specific language governing permissions and limitations under the License.
   -->
 
 <project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
@@ -51,6 +51,18 @@
       <groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>
       <artifactId>hadoop-auth</artifactId>
       <version>${global_hadoop_version}</version>
+      <exclusions>
+        <exclusion>
+            <!-- to avoid pulling in curator 2.12.0 with hadoop 3.1.x -->
+            <groupId>org.apache.curator</groupId>
+            <artifactId>curator-framework</artifactId>
+        </exclusion>
+        <exclusion>
+            <!-- need to exclude zookeeper 3.4.9 with hadoop 3.1.x -->
+            <groupId>org.apache.zookeeper</groupId>
+            <artifactId>zookeeper</artifactId>
+        </exclusion>
+      </exclusions>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>
@@ -65,6 +77,21 @@
           <artifactId>commons-httpclient</artifactId>
           <groupId>commons-httpclient</groupId>
         </exclusion>
+        <exclusion>
+            <!-- to avoid pulling in curator 2.12.0 -->
+            <groupId>org.apache.curator</groupId>
+            <artifactId>curator-client</artifactId>
+        </exclusion>
+        <exclusion>
+            <!-- to avoid pulling in curator 2.12.0 -->
+            <groupId>org.apache.curator</groupId>
+            <artifactId>curator-recipes</artifactId>
+        </exclusion>
+        <exclusion>
+            <!-- need to exclude zookeeper 3.4.9 -->
+            <groupId>org.apache.zookeeper</groupId>
+            <artifactId>zookeeper</artifactId>
+        </exclusion>
       </exclusions>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
@@ -140,11 +167,22 @@
         </exclusion>
       </exclusions>
     </dependency>
-
+    <dependency>
+        <groupId>org.apache.zookeeper</groupId>
+        <artifactId>zookeeper</artifactId>
+        <version>${global_zookeeper_version}</version>
+    </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.curator</groupId>
       <artifactId>curator-test</artifactId>
-      <version>${global_curator_version}</version>
+      <version>${global_curator_test_version}</version>
+      <exclusions>
+          <exclusion>
+              <!-- need to exclude zookeeper 3.5.x http://curator.apache.org/zk-compatibility.html -->
+              <groupId>org.apache.zookeeper</groupId>
+              <artifactId>zookeeper</artifactId>
+          </exclusion>
+      </exclusions>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>junit</groupId>
diff --git a/metron-platform/metron-writer/metron-writer-common/pom.xml b/metron-platform/metron-writer/metron-writer-common/pom.xml
index 24722f15e5..3a5ef9f284 100644
--- a/metron-platform/metron-writer/metron-writer-common/pom.xml
+++ b/metron-platform/metron-writer/metron-writer-common/pom.xml
@@ -47,6 +47,26 @@
                     <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
                     <artifactId>slf4j-log4j12</artifactId>
                 </exclusion>
+                <exclusion>
+                    <!-- to avoid pulling in curator 2.12.0 with hadoop 3.1.x -->
+                    <groupId>org.apache.curator</groupId>
+                    <artifactId>curator-client</artifactId>
+                </exclusion>
+                <exclusion>
+                    <!-- to avoid pulling in curator 2.12.0 with hadoop 3.1.x -->
+                    <groupId>org.apache.curator</groupId>
+                    <artifactId>curator-recipes</artifactId>
+                </exclusion>
+                <exclusion>
+                    <!-- to avoid pulling in curator 2.12.0 with hadoop 3.1.x -->
+                    <groupId>org.apache.curator</groupId>
+                    <artifactId>curator-framework</artifactId>
+                </exclusion>
+                <exclusion>
+                    <!-- need to exclude zookeeper 3.4.9 with hadoop 3.1.x -->
+                    <groupId>org.apache.zookeeper</groupId>
+                    <artifactId>zookeeper</artifactId>
+                </exclusion>
             </exclusions>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
@@ -70,6 +90,21 @@
                     <groupId>com.google.guava</groupId>
                     <artifactId>guava</artifactId>
                 </exclusion>
+                <exclusion>
+                    <!-- to avoid pulling in curator 2.12.0 with hadoop 3.1.x -->
+                    <groupId>org.apache.curator</groupId>
+                    <artifactId>curator-client</artifactId>
+                </exclusion>
+                <exclusion>
+                    <!-- to avoid pulling in curator 2.12.0 with hadoop 3.1.x -->
+                    <groupId>org.apache.curator</groupId>
+                    <artifactId>curator-recipes</artifactId>
+                </exclusion>
+                <exclusion>
+                    <!-- need to exclude zookeeper 3.4.9 with hadoop 3.1.x -->
+                    <groupId>org.apache.zookeeper</groupId>
+                    <artifactId>zookeeper</artifactId>
+                </exclusion>
             </exclusions>
             <scope>provided</scope>
         </dependency>
@@ -102,6 +137,11 @@
                     <groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>
                     <artifactId>hadoop-mapreduce-client-core</artifactId>
                 </exclusion>
+                <exclusion>
+                    <!-- need to exclude zookeeper 3.4.9 -->
+                    <groupId>org.apache.zookeeper</groupId>
+                    <artifactId>zookeeper</artifactId>
+                </exclusion>
             </exclusions>
             <scope>provided</scope>
         </dependency>
@@ -131,6 +171,11 @@
                     <groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>
                     <artifactId>hadoop-common</artifactId>
                 </exclusion>
+                <exclusion>
+                    <!-- need to exclude zookeeper 3.4.9 -->
+                    <groupId>org.apache.zookeeper</groupId>
+                    <artifactId>zookeeper</artifactId>
+                </exclusion>
             </exclusions>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
diff --git a/metron-platform/metron-writer/metron-writer-storm/pom.xml b/metron-platform/metron-writer/metron-writer-storm/pom.xml
index b1e33a9c75..0c62cb48c0 100644
--- a/metron-platform/metron-writer/metron-writer-storm/pom.xml
+++ b/metron-platform/metron-writer/metron-writer-storm/pom.xml
@@ -63,6 +63,16 @@
                     <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
                     <artifactId>slf4j-log4j12</artifactId>
                 </exclusion>
+                <exclusion>
+                    <!-- to avoid pulling in curator 2.12.0 with hadoop 3.1.x -->
+                    <groupId>org.apache.curator</groupId>
+                    <artifactId>curator-client</artifactId>
+                </exclusion>
+                <exclusion>
+                    <!-- to avoid pulling in curator 2.12.0 with hadoop 3.1.x -->
+                    <groupId>org.apache.curator</groupId>
+                    <artifactId>curator-recipes</artifactId>
+                </exclusion>
             </exclusions>
             <scope>provided</scope>
         </dependency>
@@ -115,6 +125,21 @@
                     <groupId>org.mortbay.jetty</groupId>
                     <artifactId>jetty-util</artifactId>
                 </exclusion>
+                <exclusion>
+                    <!-- to avoid pulling in curator 2.12.0 with storm 1.2.x -->
+                    <groupId>org.apache.curator</groupId>
+                    <artifactId>curator-framework</artifactId>
+                </exclusion>
+                <exclusion>
+                    <!-- to avoid pulling in curator 2.12.0 with storm 1.2.x -->
+                    <groupId>org.apache.curator</groupId>
+                    <artifactId>curator-client</artifactId>
+                </exclusion>
+                <exclusion>
+                    <!-- to avoid pulling in curator 2.12.0 with storm 1.2.x -->
+                    <groupId>org.apache.curator</groupId>
+                    <artifactId>curator-recipes</artifactId>
+                </exclusion>
             </exclusions>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
diff --git a/metron-platform/metron-zookeeper/pom.xml b/metron-platform/metron-zookeeper/pom.xml
index c9083be055..ebcd43a057 100644
--- a/metron-platform/metron-zookeeper/pom.xml
+++ b/metron-platform/metron-zookeeper/pom.xml
@@ -1,15 +1,15 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<!-- 
-  Licensed to the Apache Software 
-  Foundation (ASF) under one or more contributor license agreements. See the 
-  NOTICE file distributed with this work for additional information regarding 
-  copyright ownership. The ASF licenses this file to You under the Apache License, 
-  Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance 
-  with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 
-  Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software distributed 
-  under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES 
-  OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the License for 
-  the specific language governing permissions and limitations under the License. 
+<!--
+  Licensed to the Apache Software
+  Foundation (ASF) under one or more contributor license agreements. See the
+  NOTICE file distributed with this work for additional information regarding
+  copyright ownership. The ASF licenses this file to You under the Apache License,
+  Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+  with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software distributed
+  under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES
+  OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the License for
+  the specific language governing permissions and limitations under the License.
   -->
 
 <project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
@@ -28,15 +28,46 @@
     <project.reporting.outputEncoding>UTF-8</project.reporting.outputEncoding>
   </properties>
   <dependencies>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.apache.zookeeper</groupId>
+      <artifactId>zookeeper</artifactId>
+      <version>${global_zookeeper_version}</version>
+   </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.curator</groupId>
       <artifactId>curator-client</artifactId>
       <version>${global_curator_version}</version>
+      <exclusions>
+          <exclusion>
+              <!-- need to exclude zookeeper 3.5.x http://curator.apache.org/zk-compatibility.html -->
+              <groupId>org.apache.zookeeper</groupId>
+              <artifactId>zookeeper</artifactId>
+          </exclusion>
+      </exclusions>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.curator</groupId>
       <artifactId>curator-recipes</artifactId>
       <version>${global_curator_version}</version>
+      <exclusions>
+          <exclusion>
+              <!-- need to exclude zookeeper 3.5.x http://curator.apache.org/zk-compatibility.html -->
+              <groupId>org.apache.zookeeper</groupId>
+              <artifactId>zookeeper</artifactId>
+          </exclusion>
+      </exclusions>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.apache.curator</groupId>
+      <artifactId>curator-framework</artifactId>
+      <version>${global_curator_version}</version>
+      <exclusions>
+          <exclusion>
+              <!-- need to exclude zookeeper 3.5.x http://curator.apache.org/zk-compatibility.html -->
+              <groupId>org.apache.zookeeper</groupId>
+              <artifactId>zookeeper</artifactId>
+          </exclusion>
+      </exclusions>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.google.guava</groupId>
diff --git a/metron-stellar/stellar-common/pom.xml b/metron-stellar/stellar-common/pom.xml
index 24d13c319b..584b27cb35 100644
--- a/metron-stellar/stellar-common/pom.xml
+++ b/metron-stellar/stellar-common/pom.xml
@@ -44,6 +44,26 @@
               <groupId>asm</groupId>
               <artifactId>asm</artifactId>
             </exclusion>
+            <exclusion>
+                <!-- to avoid pulling in curator 2.12.0 with hadoop 3.1.x -->
+                <groupId>org.apache.curator</groupId>
+                <artifactId>curator-client</artifactId>
+            </exclusion>
+            <exclusion>
+                <!-- to avoid pulling in curator 2.12.0 with hadoop 3.1.x -->
+                <groupId>org.apache.curator</groupId>
+                <artifactId>curator-recipes</artifactId>
+            </exclusion>
+            <exclusion>
+                <!-- to avoid pulling in curator 2.12.0 with hadoop 3.1.x -->
+                <groupId>org.apache.curator</groupId>
+                <artifactId>curator-framework</artifactId>
+            </exclusion>
+            <exclusion>
+                <!-- need to exclude zookeeper 3.4.9 with hadoop 3.1.x -->
+                <groupId>org.apache.zookeeper</groupId>
+                <artifactId>zookeeper</artifactId>
+            </exclusion>
           </exclusions>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
@@ -51,6 +71,33 @@
             <artifactId>hadoop-auth</artifactId>
             <version>${global_hadoop_version}</version>
             <scope>test</scope>
+            <exclusions>
+              <exclusion>
+                  <!-- to avoid pulling in curator 2.12.0 with hadoop 3.1.x -->
+                  <groupId>org.apache.curator</groupId>
+                  <artifactId>curator-client</artifactId>
+              </exclusion>
+              <exclusion>
+                  <!-- to avoid pulling in curator 2.12.0 with hadoop 3.1.x -->
+                  <groupId>org.apache.curator</groupId>
+                  <artifactId>curator-recipes</artifactId>
+              </exclusion>
+              <exclusion>
+                  <!-- to avoid pulling in curator 2.12.0 with hadoop 3.1.x -->
+                  <groupId>org.apache.curator</groupId>
+                  <artifactId>curator-framework</artifactId>
+              </exclusion>
+              <exclusion>
+                  <!-- need to exclude zookeeper 3.4.9 with hadoop 3.1.x -->
+                  <groupId>org.apache.zookeeper</groupId>
+                  <artifactId>zookeeper</artifactId>
+              </exclusion>
+              <exclusion>
+                  <!-- need to exclude zookeeper 3.4.9 -->
+                  <groupId>org.apache.zookeeper</groupId>
+                  <artifactId>zookeeper</artifactId>
+              </exclusion>
+            </exclusions>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.accumulo</groupId>
@@ -129,20 +176,58 @@
             <version>1.6</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.apache.curator</groupId>
-            <artifactId>curator-client</artifactId>
-            <version>${global_curator_version}</version>
+            <groupId>org.apache.zookeeper</groupId>
+            <artifactId>zookeeper</artifactId>
+            <version>${global_zookeeper_version}</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.apache.curator</groupId>
-            <artifactId>curator-recipes</artifactId>
-            <version>${global_curator_version}</version>
+          <groupId>org.apache.curator</groupId>
+          <artifactId>curator-client</artifactId>
+          <version>${global_curator_version}</version>
+          <exclusions>
+              <exclusion>
+                  <!-- need to exclude zookeeper 3.5.x http://curator.apache.org/zk-compatibility.html -->
+                  <groupId>org.apache.zookeeper</groupId>
+                  <artifactId>zookeeper</artifactId>
+              </exclusion>
+          </exclusions>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+          <groupId>org.apache.curator</groupId>
+          <artifactId>curator-recipes</artifactId>
+          <version>${global_curator_version}</version>
+          <exclusions>
+              <exclusion>
+                  <!-- need to exclude zookeeper 3.5.x http://curator.apache.org/zk-compatibility.html -->
+                  <groupId>org.apache.zookeeper</groupId>
+                  <artifactId>zookeeper</artifactId>
+              </exclusion>
+          </exclusions>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+          <groupId>org.apache.curator</groupId>
+          <artifactId>curator-framework</artifactId>
+          <version>${global_curator_version}</version>
+          <exclusions>
+              <exclusion>
+                  <!-- need to exclude zookeeper 3.5.x http://curator.apache.org/zk-compatibility.html -->
+                  <groupId>org.apache.zookeeper</groupId>
+                  <artifactId>zookeeper</artifactId>
+              </exclusion>
+          </exclusions>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.curator</groupId>
             <artifactId>curator-test</artifactId>
-            <version>${global_curator_version}</version>
+            <version>${global_curator_test_version}</version>
             <scope>test</scope>
+            <exclusions>
+                <exclusion>
+                    <!-- need to exclude zookeeper 3.5.x http://curator.apache.org/zk-compatibility.html -->
+                    <groupId>org.apache.zookeeper</groupId>
+                    <artifactId>zookeeper</artifactId>
+                </exclusion>
+            </exclusions>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.jboss.aesh</groupId>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 308c167ac0..9437439a2d 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -97,7 +97,6 @@
         <global_caffeine_version>2.6.2</global_caffeine_version>
         <global_antlr_version>4.5</global_antlr_version>
         <global_opencsv_version>3.7</global_opencsv_version>
-        <global_curator_version>2.7.1</global_curator_version>
         <global_classindex_version>3.3</global_classindex_version>
         <global_hbase_version>1.1.1</global_hbase_version>
         <global_hbase_guava_version>12.0</global_hbase_guava_version>
@@ -151,6 +150,11 @@
                 <global_solr_version>7.4.0</global_solr_version>
                 <global_hbase_version>2.0.2</global_hbase_version>
                 <global_hbase_guava_version>17.0</global_hbase_guava_version>
+                <!-- For Zookeeper/Curator version compatibility see
+                      http://curator.apache.org/zk-compatibility.html -->
+                <global_zookeeper_version>3.4.6</global_zookeeper_version>
+                <global_curator_version>2.7.1</global_curator_version>
+                <global_curator_test_version>2.7.1</global_curator_test_version>
             </properties>
         </profile>
         <profile>
@@ -167,6 +171,11 @@
                 <global_solr_version>6.6.2</global_solr_version>
                 <global_hbase_version>2.0.2</global_hbase_version>
                 <global_hbase_guava_version>17.0</global_hbase_guava_version>
+                <!-- For Zookeeper/Curator version compatibility see
+                      http://curator.apache.org/zk-compatibility.html -->
+                <global_zookeeper_version>3.4.6</global_zookeeper_version>
+                <global_curator_version>2.7.1</global_curator_version>
+                <global_curator_test_version>2.7.1</global_curator_test_version>
             </properties>
         </profile>
     </profiles>