diff --git a/examples/pom.xml b/examples/pom.xml
index b8c020a3211dd6fcb5bcc86b99f6c700301d4798..15399a8a334273914348e2cafcc54c9764592654 100644
--- a/examples/pom.xml
+++ b/examples/pom.xml
@@ -137,6 +137,14 @@
           <groupId>org.apache.cassandra.deps</groupId>
           <artifactId>avro</artifactId>
         </exclusion>
+        <exclusion>
+          <groupId>org.sonatype.sisu.inject</groupId>
+          <artifactId>*</artifactId>
+        </exclusion>
+        <exclusion>
+          <groupId>org.xerial.snappy</groupId>
+          <artifactId>*</artifactId>
+        </exclusion>
       </exclusions>
     </dependency>
   </dependencies>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 5ad7b1befb3c8bdac9e34368e2e5a5855db063ce..54f100c37fc2b1f69e2a717d1236c27d5672a9aa 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -250,16 +250,34 @@
         <groupId>com.typesafe.akka</groupId>
         <artifactId>akka-actor</artifactId>
         <version>${akka.version}</version>
+        <exclusions>
+          <exclusion>
+            <groupId>org.jboss.netty</groupId>
+            <artifactId>netty</artifactId>
+          </exclusion>
+        </exclusions>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.typesafe.akka</groupId>
         <artifactId>akka-remote</artifactId>
         <version>${akka.version}</version>
+        <exclusions>
+          <exclusion>
+            <groupId>org.jboss.netty</groupId>
+            <artifactId>netty</artifactId>
+          </exclusion>
+        </exclusions>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.typesafe.akka</groupId>
         <artifactId>akka-slf4j</artifactId>
         <version>${akka.version}</version>
+        <exclusions>
+          <exclusion>
+            <groupId>org.jboss.netty</groupId>
+            <artifactId>netty</artifactId>
+          </exclusion>
+        </exclusions>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>it.unimi.dsi</groupId>
@@ -394,19 +412,11 @@
           </exclusion>
           <exclusion>
             <groupId>org.codehaus.jackson</groupId>
-            <artifactId>jackson-core-asl</artifactId>
-          </exclusion>
-          <exclusion>
-            <groupId>org.codehaus.jackson</groupId>
-            <artifactId>jackson-mapper-asl</artifactId>
-          </exclusion>
-          <exclusion>
-            <groupId>org.codehaus.jackson</groupId>
-            <artifactId>jackson-jaxrs</artifactId>
+            <artifactId>*</artifactId>
           </exclusion>
           <exclusion>
-            <groupId>org.codehaus.jackson</groupId>
-            <artifactId>jackson-xc</artifactId>
+            <groupId>org.sonatype.sisu.inject</groupId>
+            <artifactId>*</artifactId>
           </exclusion>
         </exclusions>
       </dependency>
@@ -430,19 +440,11 @@
           </exclusion>
           <exclusion>
             <groupId>org.codehaus.jackson</groupId>
-            <artifactId>jackson-core-asl</artifactId>
-          </exclusion>
-          <exclusion>
-            <groupId>org.codehaus.jackson</groupId>
-            <artifactId>jackson-mapper-asl</artifactId>
-          </exclusion>
-          <exclusion>
-            <groupId>org.codehaus.jackson</groupId>
-            <artifactId>jackson-jaxrs</artifactId>
+            <artifactId>*</artifactId>
           </exclusion>
           <exclusion>
-            <groupId>org.codehaus.jackson</groupId>
-            <artifactId>jackson-xc</artifactId>
+            <groupId>org.sonatype.sisu.inject</groupId>
+            <artifactId>*</artifactId>
           </exclusion>
         </exclusions>
       </dependency>
@@ -461,19 +463,11 @@
           </exclusion>
           <exclusion>
             <groupId>org.codehaus.jackson</groupId>
-            <artifactId>jackson-core-asl</artifactId>
+            <artifactId>*</artifactId>
           </exclusion>
           <exclusion>
-            <groupId>org.codehaus.jackson</groupId>
-            <artifactId>jackson-mapper-asl</artifactId>
-          </exclusion>
-          <exclusion>
-            <groupId>org.codehaus.jackson</groupId>
-            <artifactId>jackson-jaxrs</artifactId>
-          </exclusion>
-          <exclusion>
-            <groupId>org.codehaus.jackson</groupId>
-            <artifactId>jackson-xc</artifactId>
+            <groupId>org.sonatype.sisu.inject</groupId>
+            <artifactId>*</artifactId>
           </exclusion>
         </exclusions>
       </dependency>
@@ -492,19 +486,11 @@
           </exclusion>
           <exclusion>
             <groupId>org.codehaus.jackson</groupId>
-            <artifactId>jackson-core-asl</artifactId>
+            <artifactId>*</artifactId>
           </exclusion>
           <exclusion>
-            <groupId>org.codehaus.jackson</groupId>
-            <artifactId>jackson-mapper-asl</artifactId>
-          </exclusion>
-          <exclusion>
-            <groupId>org.codehaus.jackson</groupId>
-            <artifactId>jackson-jaxrs</artifactId>
-          </exclusion>
-          <exclusion>
-            <groupId>org.codehaus.jackson</groupId>
-            <artifactId>jackson-xc</artifactId>
+            <groupId>org.sonatype.sisu.inject</groupId>
+            <artifactId>*</artifactId>
           </exclusion>
         </exclusions>
       </dependency>
diff --git a/streaming/pom.xml b/streaming/pom.xml
index 3b25fb49fbedb694b699ee0195257b7fc51d2d5c..bcbed1644a4003a4cf06bacd6125b0c0cc6e758e 100644
--- a/streaming/pom.xml
+++ b/streaming/pom.xml
@@ -69,17 +69,33 @@
           <groupId>org.jboss.netty</groupId>
           <artifactId>netty</artifactId>
         </exclusion>
+        <exclusion>
+          <groupId>org.xerial.snappy</groupId>
+          <artifactId>*</artifactId>
+        </exclusion>
       </exclusions>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.github.sgroschupf</groupId>
       <artifactId>zkclient</artifactId>
       <version>0.1</version>
+      <exclusions>
+        <exclusion>
+          <groupId>org.jboss.netty</groupId>
+          <artifactId>netty</artifactId>
+        </exclusion>
+      </exclusions>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.twitter4j</groupId>
       <artifactId>twitter4j-stream</artifactId>
       <version>3.0.3</version>
+      <exclusions>
+        <exclusion>
+          <groupId>org.jboss.netty</groupId>
+          <artifactId>netty</artifactId>
+        </exclusion>
+      </exclusions>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.scala-lang</groupId>
@@ -89,6 +105,12 @@
       <groupId>com.typesafe.akka</groupId>
       <artifactId>akka-zeromq</artifactId>
       <version>2.0.3</version>
+      <exclusions>
+        <exclusion>
+          <groupId>org.jboss.netty</groupId>
+          <artifactId>netty</artifactId>
+        </exclusion>
+      </exclusions>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.scalatest</groupId>