diff --git a/nifi-commons/nifi-kubernetes-client/pom.xml b/nifi-commons/nifi-kubernetes-client/pom.xml
index 3944ccf9cddb..a88c037778b6 100644
--- a/nifi-commons/nifi-kubernetes-client/pom.xml
+++ b/nifi-commons/nifi-kubernetes-client/pom.xml
@@ -31,6 +31,17 @@
             <groupId>io.fabric8</groupId>
             <artifactId>kubernetes-client</artifactId>
             <scope>test</scope>
+            <exclusions>
+                <exclusion>
+                    <groupId>io.fabric8</groupId>
+                    <artifactId>kubernetes-httpclient-okhttp</artifactId>
+                </exclusion>
+            </exclusions>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>io.fabric8</groupId>
+            <artifactId>kubernetes-httpclient-jdk</artifactId>
+            <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
     </dependencies>
 </project>
diff --git a/nifi-framework-bundle/nifi-framework-extensions/nifi-framework-kubernetes-bundle/nifi-framework-kubernetes-nar/pom.xml b/nifi-framework-bundle/nifi-framework-extensions/nifi-framework-kubernetes-bundle/nifi-framework-kubernetes-nar/pom.xml
index 19d64fdc5937..707633844e51 100644
--- a/nifi-framework-bundle/nifi-framework-extensions/nifi-framework-kubernetes-bundle/nifi-framework-kubernetes-nar/pom.xml
+++ b/nifi-framework-bundle/nifi-framework-extensions/nifi-framework-kubernetes-bundle/nifi-framework-kubernetes-nar/pom.xml
@@ -42,31 +42,18 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>io.fabric8</groupId>
             <artifactId>kubernetes-client</artifactId>
+            <exclusions>
+                <exclusion>
+                    <groupId>io.fabric8</groupId>
+                    <artifactId>kubernetes-httpclient-okhttp</artifactId>
+                </exclusion>
+            </exclusions>
         </dependency>
-        <!-- The following are transitive dependencies which we scope as provided as the nifi-framework-nar is expected to have them -->
         <dependency>
-            <groupId>com.squareup.okhttp3</groupId>
-            <artifactId>okhttp</artifactId>
-            <scope>provided</scope>
-        </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.jetbrains.kotlin</groupId>
-            <artifactId>kotlin-stdlib-jdk8</artifactId>
-            <version>${kotlin.version}</version>
-            <scope>provided</scope>
-        </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.jetbrains.kotlin</groupId>
-            <artifactId>kotlin-stdlib-jdk7</artifactId>
-            <version>${kotlin.version}</version>
-            <scope>provided</scope>
-        </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.jetbrains.kotlin</groupId>
-            <artifactId>kotlin-stdlib</artifactId>
-            <version>${kotlin.version}</version>
-            <scope>provided</scope>
+            <groupId>io.fabric8</groupId>
+            <artifactId>kubernetes-httpclient-jdk</artifactId>
         </dependency>
+        <!-- Transitive dependencies provided in nifi-framework-nar -->
         <dependency>
             <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.core</groupId>
             <artifactId>jackson-core</artifactId>