diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index a02c8a2c..7877108c 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ subprojects {
   apply plugin: "maven-publish"
 
   group "io.tabular.connect"
-  version "0.4.2-SNAPSHOT"
+  version "0.4.2"
 
   repositories {
     mavenCentral()
diff --git a/kafka-connect-runtime/build.gradle b/kafka-connect-runtime/build.gradle
index 5b0d88a2..87ce5a66 100644
--- a/kafka-connect-runtime/build.gradle
+++ b/kafka-connect-runtime/build.gradle
@@ -24,17 +24,6 @@ dependencies {
     exclude group: "ch.qos.reload4j"
   }
 
-  hive(libs.hive.common) {
-    exclude group: "org.apache.avro", module: "avro"
-    exclude group: "org.slf4j", module: "slf4j-log4j12"
-    exclude group: "org.pentaho" // missing dependency
-    exclude group: "org.apache.hive", module: "hive-llap-tez"
-    exclude group: "org.apache.logging.log4j"
-    exclude group: "com.google.protobuf", module: "protobuf-java"
-    exclude group: "org.apache.calcite"
-    exclude group: "org.apache.calcite.avatica"
-    exclude group: "com.google.code.findbugs", module: "jsr305"
-  }
   hive(libs.hive.metastore) {
     exclude group: "org.apache.avro", module: "avro"
     exclude group: "org.slf4j", module: "slf4j-log4j12"
@@ -49,6 +38,12 @@ dependencies {
     exclude group: "com.tdunning", module: "json"
     exclude group: "javax.transaction", module: "transaction-api"
     exclude group: "com.zaxxer", module: "HikariCP"
+    exclude group: "org.apache.hadoop", module: "hadoop-yarn-server-common"
+    exclude group: "org.apache.hadoop", module: "hadoop-yarn-server-applicationhistoryservice"
+    exclude group: "org.apache.hadoop", module: "hadoop-yarn-server-resourcemanager"
+    exclude group: "org.apache.hadoop", module: "hadoop-yarn-server-web-proxy"
+    exclude group: "org.apache.hive", module: "hive-service-rpc"
+    exclude group: "com.github.joshelser", module: "dropwizard-metrics-hadoop-metrics2-reporter"
   }
   hive(libs.hadoop.client) {
     exclude group: "org.apache.avro", module: "avro"
diff --git a/versions.toml b/versions.toml
index d3819e69..f0054e80 100644
--- a/versions.toml
+++ b/versions.toml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ avro-ver = "1.11.1"
 awaitility-ver = "4.2.0"
 aws-ver = "2.20.18"
 hadoop-ver = "3.3.5"
-hive-ver = "3.1.3"
+hive-ver = "2.3.9"
 http-client-ver = "5.2.1"
 iceberg-ver = "1.3.0"
 jackson-ver = "2.14.2"
@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@ aws-s3 = { module = "software.amazon.awssdk:s3", version.ref = "aws-ver" }
 aws-sts = { module = "software.amazon.awssdk:sts", version.ref = "aws-ver" }
 hadoop-client = { module = "org.apache.hadoop:hadoop-client", version.ref = "hadoop-ver" }
 hadoop-common = { module = "org.apache.hadoop:hadoop-common", version.ref = "hadoop-ver" }
-hive-common = { module = "org.apache.hive:hive-common", version.ref = "hive-ver" }
 hive-metastore = { module = "org.apache.hive:hive-metastore", version.ref = "hive-ver" }
 iceberg-api = { module = "org.apache.iceberg:iceberg-api", version.ref = "iceberg-ver" }
 iceberg-aws = { module = "org.apache.iceberg:iceberg-aws", version.ref = "iceberg-ver" }