diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index fbe8a99e..4794a441 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -241,27 +241,39 @@ repositories {
 
 dependencies {
     implementation project(path: ":${rootProject.name}-spi", configuration: 'shadow')
-    implementation ("org.opensearch:opensearch-remote-metadata-sdk-ddb-client:${opensearch_build}")
-    implementation "org.opensearch:opensearch-remote-metadata-sdk:${opensearch_build}"
+    implementation ("org.opensearch:opensearch-remote-metadata-sdk-ddb-client:${opensearch_build}") {
+        exclude group: 'org.slf4j', module: 'slf4j-api'
+        exclude group: 'commons-codec', module: 'commons-codec'
+        exclude group: 'com.fasterxml.jackson.dataformat', module: 'jackson-dataformat-cbor'
+        exclude group: 'com.fasterxml.jackson.dataformat', module: 'jackson-dataformat-smile'
+        exclude group: 'com.fasterxml.jackson.dataformat', module: 'jackson-dataformat-yaml'
+        exclude group: 'com.fasterxml.jackson.datatype', module: 'jackson-datatype-jsr310'
+        exclude group: 'org.apache.httpcomponents', module: 'httpcore'
+        exclude group: 'jakarta.json', module: 'jakarta.json-api'
+        exclude group: 'commons-logging', module: 'commons-logging'
+        exclude group: 'org.apache.httpcomponents.client5', module: 'httpclient5'
+    }
+    implementation ("org.opensearch:opensearch-remote-metadata-sdk:${opensearch_build}") {
+        exclude group: 'org.slf4j', module: 'slf4j-api'
+        exclude group: 'commons-codec', module: 'commons-codec'
+        exclude group: 'com.fasterxml.jackson.dataformat', module: 'jackson-dataformat-cbor'
+        exclude group: 'com.fasterxml.jackson.dataformat', module: 'jackson-dataformat-smile'
+        exclude group: 'com.fasterxml.jackson.dataformat', module: 'jackson-dataformat-yaml'
+        exclude group: 'com.fasterxml.jackson.datatype', module: 'jackson-datatype-jsr310'
+        exclude group: 'org.apache.httpcomponents', module: 'httpcore'
+        exclude group: 'jakarta.json', module: 'jakarta.json-api'
+        exclude group: 'commons-logging', module: 'commons-logging'
+        exclude group: 'org.apache.httpcomponents.client5', module: 'httpclient5'
+    }
     testImplementation group: 'org.mockito', name: 'mockito-core', version: "${versions.mockito}"
 
     opensearchPlugin "org.opensearch.plugin:opensearch-security:${security_plugin_version}@zip"
 }
 
 def commonResolutionStrategy = {
-    force "org.slf4j:slf4j-api:${versions.slf4j}"
     force "com.fasterxml.jackson.core:jackson-core:${versions.jackson}"
     force "com.fasterxml.jackson.core:jackson-databind:${versions.jackson}"
     force "com.fasterxml.jackson.core:jackson-annotations:${versions.jackson}"
-    force "com.fasterxml.jackson.dataformat:jackson-dataformat-cbor:${versions.jackson}"
-    force "com.fasterxml.jackson.dataformat:jackson-dataformat-smile:${versions.jackson}"
-    force "com.fasterxml.jackson.dataformat:jackson-dataformat-yaml:${versions.jackson}"
-    force "com.fasterxml.jackson.datatype:jackson-datatype-jsr310:${versions.jackson}"
-    force "commons-codec:commons-codec:${versions.commonscodec}"
-    force "org.apache.httpcomponents:httpcore:${versions.httpcore}"
-    force "jakarta.json:jakarta.json-api:2.1.3"
-    force "commons-logging:commons-logging:${versions.commonslogging}"
-    force "org.apache.httpcomponents.client5:httpclient5:${versions.httpclient5}"
 }
 
 configurations {