diff --git a/public/gatk-package/pom.xml b/public/gatk-package/pom.xml
index 606d9f030..79a55b205 100644
--- a/public/gatk-package/pom.xml
+++ b/public/gatk-package/pom.xml
@@ -43,6 +43,11 @@
             <groupId>commons-logging</groupId>
             <artifactId>commons-logging</artifactId>
         </dependency>
+        <!-- Workaround - depend on commons-httpclient to prevent shade from eliminating IgnoreCookiesSpec class -->
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>commons-httpclient</groupId>
+            <artifactId>commons-httpclient</artifactId>
+        </dependency>
         <!-- Required for binary-dist assembly, excluded by shade -->
         <dependency>
             <groupId>${project.groupId}</groupId>
diff --git a/public/queue-package/pom.xml b/public/queue-package/pom.xml
index 89b547b2f..e90222e0b 100644
--- a/public/queue-package/pom.xml
+++ b/public/queue-package/pom.xml
@@ -67,6 +67,11 @@
             <groupId>net.sf.snpeff</groupId>
             <artifactId>snpeff</artifactId>
         </dependency>
+        <!-- Workaround - depend on commons-httpclient to prevent shade from eliminating IgnoreCookiesSpec class -->
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>commons-httpclient</groupId>
+            <artifactId>commons-httpclient</artifactId>
+        </dependency>
         <!-- Required for binary-dist assembly, excluded by shade -->
         <dependency>
             <groupId>${project.groupId}</groupId>
diff --git a/public/sting-root/pom.xml b/public/sting-root/pom.xml
index 5b3dfe43b..00788c94b 100644
--- a/public/sting-root/pom.xml
+++ b/public/sting-root/pom.xml
@@ -188,6 +188,11 @@
                 <artifactId>commons-collections</artifactId>
                 <version>3.2.1</version>
             </dependency>
+            <dependency>
+                <groupId>commons-httpclient</groupId>
+                <artifactId>commons-httpclient</artifactId>
+                <version>3.1</version>
+            </dependency>
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
                 <artifactId>commons-math</artifactId>