diff --git a/metadata-io/build.gradle b/metadata-io/build.gradle
index ef152e8f96a..88c11c664fe 100644
--- a/metadata-io/build.gradle
+++ b/metadata-io/build.gradle
@@ -40,7 +40,9 @@ dependencies {
   compile externalDependency.springContext
   compile externalDependency.swaggerAnnotations
   swaggerCodegen 'io.swagger.codegen.v3:swagger-codegen-cli:3.0.33'
-  compile externalDependency.mixpanel
+  compile (externalDependency.mixpanel) {
+    exclude group: 'org.json', module: 'json'
+  }
 
   annotationProcessor externalDependency.lombok
 
diff --git a/metadata-service/factories/build.gradle b/metadata-service/factories/build.gradle
index e6d501cc590..bc5cea4b7c5 100644
--- a/metadata-service/factories/build.gradle
+++ b/metadata-service/factories/build.gradle
@@ -12,7 +12,9 @@ dependencies {
   compile project(':metadata-dao-impl:kafka-producer')
   compile project(':ingestion-scheduler')
 
-  compile externalDependency.awsGlueSchemaRegistrySerde
+  compile (externalDependency.awsGlueSchemaRegistrySerde) {
+    exclude group: 'org.json', module: 'json'
+  }
   compile externalDependency.elasticSearchRest
   compile externalDependency.httpClient
   compile externalDependency.gson