diff --git a/hail/build.gradle b/hail/build.gradle
index d4bdd879f09..1b65904484f 100644
--- a/hail/build.gradle
+++ b/hail/build.gradle
@@ -100,6 +100,7 @@ configurations {
     hailJar.extendsFrom implementation
     hailJar {
         exclude group: 'org.scala-lang', module: 'scala-library'
+        exclude group: 'org.scala-lang', module: 'scala-reflect'
         exclude group: 'org.apache.spark'
     }