diff --git a/sparkler-core/sparkler-app/pom.xml b/sparkler-core/sparkler-app/pom.xml
index 802a4bbd..7260c996 100644
--- a/sparkler-core/sparkler-app/pom.xml
+++ b/sparkler-core/sparkler-app/pom.xml
@@ -96,9 +96,14 @@
            <groupId>org.apache.kafka</groupId>
            <artifactId>kafka-clients</artifactId>
            <version>${kafka.version}</version>
+            <exclusions>
+                <exclusion>
+                    <groupId>net.jpountz.lz4</groupId>
+                    <artifactId>lz4</artifactId>
+                </exclusion>
+            </exclusions>
          </dependency>
 
-
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.solr</groupId>
             <artifactId>solr-solrj</artifactId>