diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index 0961eb890..8b2cf0907 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@ dependencies {
     zipArchive group: 'org.opensearch.plugin', name:'opensearch-ml-plugin', version: "${opensearch_build}"
     compileOnly fileTree(dir: knnJarDirectory, include: '*.jar')
     api group: 'org.opensearch', name:'opensearch-ml-client', version: "${opensearch_build}"
-    implementation group: 'org.apache.commons', name: 'commons-lang3', version: '3.10'
+    compileOnly group: 'org.apache.commons', name: 'commons-lang3', version: '3.10'
     // ml-common excluded reflection for runtime so we need to add it by ourselves.
     // https://github.com/opensearch-project/ml-commons/commit/464bfe34c66d7a729a00dd457f03587ea4e504d9
     // TODO: Remove following three lines of dependencies if ml-common include them in their jar
@@ -153,6 +153,12 @@ dependencies {
     runtimeOnly group: 'org.opensearch', name: 'common-utils', version: "${opensearch_build}"
 }
 
+// Resolving apache commons dependency forcefully to make sure that there is no jarhell and multiple dependency coming
+// for apache commons lang3
+configurations.all {
+    resolutionStrategy.force 'org.apache.commons:commons-lang3:3.10'
+}
+
 // In order to add the jar to the classpath, we need to unzip the
 // k-NN zip and then copy it into a directory that we specify as a dependency.
 task extractKnnJar(type: Copy) {