diff --git a/managed-ledger/pom.xml b/managed-ledger/pom.xml
index 899f7907f00b1..7314eb90b548d 100644
--- a/managed-ledger/pom.xml
+++ b/managed-ledger/pom.xml
@@ -36,6 +36,21 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.bookkeeper</groupId>
       <artifactId>bookkeeper-server</artifactId>
+      <version>${bookkeeper.version}</version>
+      <exclusions>
+        <exclusion>
+          <artifactId>slf4j-log4j12</artifactId>
+          <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
+        </exclusion>
+        <exclusion>
+          <artifactId>log4j</artifactId>
+          <groupId>log4j</groupId>
+        </exclusion>
+        <exclusion>
+          <groupId>org.jboss.netty</groupId>
+          <artifactId>netty</artifactId>
+        </exclusion>
+      </exclusions>
     </dependency>
     
     <dependency>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index a7ec9e51390bc..221921d7b1d12 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -165,12 +165,6 @@ flexible messaging model and an intuitive client API.</description>
         <version>1.7</version>
       </dependency>
 
-      <dependency>
-        <groupId>org.apache.zookeeper</groupId>
-        <artifactId>zookeeper</artifactId>
-        <version>${zookeeper.version}</version>
-      </dependency>
-
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.apache.zookeeper</groupId>
         <artifactId>zookeeper</artifactId>
@@ -192,26 +186,6 @@ flexible messaging model and an intuitive client API.</description>
         </exclusions>
       </dependency>
 
-      <dependency>
-        <groupId>org.apache.bookkeeper</groupId>
-        <artifactId>bookkeeper-server</artifactId>
-        <version>${bookkeeper.version}</version>
-        <exclusions>
-          <exclusion>
-            <artifactId>slf4j-log4j12</artifactId>
-            <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
-          </exclusion>
-          <exclusion>
-            <artifactId>log4j</artifactId>
-            <groupId>log4j</groupId>
-          </exclusion>
-          <exclusion>
-            <groupId>org.jboss.netty</groupId>
-            <artifactId>netty</artifactId>
-          </exclusion>
-        </exclusions>
-      </dependency>
-
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.apache.bookkeeper</groupId>
         <artifactId>bookkeeper-bookkeeper-stats-api</artifactId>
diff --git a/pulsar-testclient/pom.xml b/pulsar-testclient/pom.xml
index ebc3ea9382fc4..c6eaab8096cdd 100644
--- a/pulsar-testclient/pom.xml
+++ b/pulsar-testclient/pom.xml
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.apache.zookeeper</groupId>
 			<artifactId>zookeeper</artifactId>
+			<version>${zookeeper.version}</version>
 		</dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>${project.groupId}</groupId>
diff --git a/pulsar-zookeeper-utils/pom.xml b/pulsar-zookeeper-utils/pom.xml
index 631d865f96719..ce14f85733cf9 100644
--- a/pulsar-zookeeper-utils/pom.xml
+++ b/pulsar-zookeeper-utils/pom.xml
@@ -42,6 +42,21 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.bookkeeper</groupId>
       <artifactId>bookkeeper-server</artifactId>
+      <version>${bookkeeper.version}</version>
+      <exclusions>
+        <exclusion>
+          <artifactId>slf4j-log4j12</artifactId>
+          <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
+        </exclusion>
+        <exclusion>
+          <artifactId>log4j</artifactId>
+          <groupId>log4j</groupId>
+        </exclusion>
+        <exclusion>
+          <groupId>org.jboss.netty</groupId>
+          <artifactId>netty</artifactId>
+        </exclusion>
+      </exclusions>
     </dependency>
 
     <dependency>
diff --git a/pulsar-zookeeper/pom.xml b/pulsar-zookeeper/pom.xml
index 47ab3188d7528..0ce07cbe4a66f 100644
--- a/pulsar-zookeeper/pom.xml
+++ b/pulsar-zookeeper/pom.xml
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.zookeeper</groupId>
       <artifactId>zookeeper</artifactId>
+      <version>${zookeeper.version}</version>
     </dependency>
 
     <dependency>