diff --git a/externals/kyuubi-hive-sql-engine/pom.xml b/externals/kyuubi-hive-sql-engine/pom.xml
index c8d76ae465c..155cb316c74 100644
--- a/externals/kyuubi-hive-sql-engine/pom.xml
+++ b/externals/kyuubi-hive-sql-engine/pom.xml
@@ -93,6 +93,10 @@
                     <groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>
                     <artifactId>hadoop-yarn-registry</artifactId>
                 </exclusion>
+                <exclusion>
+                    <groupId>log4j</groupId>
+                    <artifactId>log4j</artifactId>
+                </exclusion>
             </exclusions>
         </dependency>