diff --git a/asynchbase/pom.xml b/asynchbase/pom.xml
index 4321e730..cf491907 100644
--- a/asynchbase/pom.xml
+++ b/asynchbase/pom.xml
@@ -1,77 +1,105 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
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 Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you
 may not use this file except in compliance with the License. You
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 <project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.yahoo.ycsb</groupId>
     <artifactId>binding-parent</artifactId>
     <version>0.9.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
     <relativePath>../binding-parent/</relativePath>
   </parent>
 
   <artifactId>asynchbase-binding</artifactId>
   <name>AsyncHBase Client Binding for Apache HBase</name>
 
   <dependencies>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.hbase</groupId>
       <artifactId>asynchbase</artifactId>
       <version>${asynchbase.version}</version>
     </dependency>
     
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.yahoo.ycsb</groupId>
       <artifactId>core</artifactId>
       <version>${project.version}</version>
       <scope>provided</scope>
     </dependency>
     
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.apache.zookeeper</groupId>
+      <artifactId>zookeeper</artifactId>
+      <version>3.4.5</version>
+      <exclusions>
+        <exclusion>
+          <groupId>log4j</groupId>
+          <artifactId>log4j</artifactId>
+        </exclusion>
+        <exclusion>
+          <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
+          <artifactId>slf4j-log4j12</artifactId>
+        </exclusion>
+        <exclusion>
+          <groupId>jline</groupId>
+          <artifactId>jline</artifactId>
+        </exclusion>
+        <exclusion>
+          <groupId>junit</groupId>
+          <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
+        </exclusion>
+        <exclusion>
+          <groupId>org.jboss.netty</groupId>
+          <artifactId>netty</artifactId>
+        </exclusion>
+      </exclusions>
+    </dependency>
+    
     <dependency>
       <groupId>junit</groupId>
       <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
       <version>4.12</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
     
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.hbase</groupId>
       <artifactId>hbase-testing-util</artifactId>
       <version>${hbase10.version}</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
     
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.hbase</groupId>
       <artifactId>hbase-client</artifactId>
       <version>${hbase10.version}</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
     
     <dependency>
       <groupId>log4j</groupId>
       <artifactId>log4j</artifactId>
       <version>1.2.17</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
     
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
       <artifactId>log4j-over-slf4j</artifactId>
       <version>1.7.7</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
   </dependencies>
 </project>
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