diff --git a/bagel/pom.xml b/bagel/pom.xml
index b462801589104eac2f192f10bcd159a74a00b723..a8256a6e8b0ea32bc028b3404c40fa70b81363e2 100644
--- a/bagel/pom.xml
+++ b/bagel/pom.xml
@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@
         <dependency>
           <groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>
           <artifactId>hadoop-core</artifactId>
+          <scope>provided</scope>
         </dependency>
       </dependencies>
       <build>
@@ -81,10 +82,12 @@
         <dependency>
           <groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>
           <artifactId>hadoop-core</artifactId>
+          <scope>provided</scope>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
           <groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>
           <artifactId>hadoop-client</artifactId>
+          <scope>provided</scope>
         </dependency>
       </dependencies>
       <build>
diff --git a/examples/pom.xml b/examples/pom.xml
index d2643f046c5ab8650e24f5756bf84a3ef245c0ba..782c026d736b968371c1200e4d0f4d69ae1fabcb 100644
--- a/examples/pom.xml
+++ b/examples/pom.xml
@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@
         <dependency>
           <groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>
           <artifactId>hadoop-core</artifactId>
+          <scope>provided</scope>
         </dependency>
       </dependencies>
       <build>
@@ -81,10 +82,12 @@
         <dependency>
           <groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>
           <artifactId>hadoop-core</artifactId>
+          <scope>provided</scope>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
           <groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>
           <artifactId>hadoop-client</artifactId>
+          <scope>provided</scope>
         </dependency>
       </dependencies>
       <build>