You need to add repositories section to your maven pom file http://docs.hortonworks.com/HDPDocuments/HDP1/HDP-1.3.1/bk_user-guide/content/user-guide-setup-maven-repo.html I've run many diffident applications with Apache versions of artifacts and you may be okay but as a good practice is advisable to match version of your dependencies to exact versions of your cluster.
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