diff --git a/crawler/pom.xml b/crawler/pom.xml
index 2dfddcd..3b361a8 100644
--- a/crawler/pom.xml
+++ b/crawler/pom.xml
@@ -71,6 +71,26 @@
       <groupId>org.apache.oodt</groupId>
       <artifactId>cas-crawler</artifactId>
       <version>${oodt.version}</version>
+      <exclusions>
+        <exclusion>
+          <groupId>org.apache.tika</groupId>
+          <artifactId>tika-core</artifactId>
+        </exclusion>
+        <exclusion>
+          <groupId>org.apache.tika</groupId>
+          <artifactId>tika-parsers</artifactId>
+        </exclusion>
+      </exclusions>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.apache.tika</groupId>
+      <artifactId>tika-core</artifactId>
+      <version>${tika.version}</version>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.apache.tika</groupId>
+      <artifactId>tika-parsers</artifactId>
+      <version>${tika.version}</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>junit</groupId>
diff --git a/extensions/pom.xml b/extensions/pom.xml
index eda3512..5b54d82 100644
--- a/extensions/pom.xml
+++ b/extensions/pom.xml
@@ -65,12 +65,32 @@
       <groupId>org.apache.oodt</groupId>
       <artifactId>cas-filemgr</artifactId>
       <version>${oodt.version}</version>
+      <exclusions>
+        <exclusion>
+          <groupId>org.apache.tika</groupId>
+          <artifactId>tika-core</artifactId>
+        </exclusion>
+        <exclusion>
+          <groupId>org.apache.tika</groupId>
+          <artifactId>tika-parsers</artifactId>
+        </exclusion>
+      </exclusions>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.oodt</groupId>
       <artifactId>pcs-core</artifactId>
       <version>${oodt.version}</version>
     </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.apache.tika</groupId>
+      <artifactId>tika-core</artifactId>
+      <version>${tika.version}</version>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.apache.tika</groupId>
+      <artifactId>tika-parsers</artifactId>
+      <version>${tika.version}</version>
+    </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>junit</groupId>
       <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
diff --git a/filemgr/pom.xml b/filemgr/pom.xml
index 2231c7d..909e286 100644
--- a/filemgr/pom.xml
+++ b/filemgr/pom.xml
@@ -105,6 +105,26 @@
          <groupId>org.apache.oodt</groupId>
          <artifactId>cas-filemgr</artifactId>
          <version>${oodt.version}</version>
+         <exclusions>
+            <exclusion>
+               <groupId>org.apache.tika</groupId>
+               <artifactId>tika-core</artifactId>
+            </exclusion>
+            <exclusion>
+               <groupId>org.apache.tika</groupId>
+               <artifactId>tika-parsers</artifactId>
+            </exclusion>
+         </exclusions>
+      </dependency>
+      <dependency>
+         <groupId>org.apache.tika</groupId>
+         <artifactId>tika-core</artifactId>
+         <version>${tika.version}</version>
+      </dependency>
+      <dependency>
+         <groupId>org.apache.tika</groupId>
+         <artifactId>tika-parsers</artifactId>
+         <version>${tika.version}</version>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
          <groupId>junit</groupId>
diff --git a/pcs/pom.xml b/pcs/pom.xml
index a29fe87..1b6921c 100644
--- a/pcs/pom.xml
+++ b/pcs/pom.xml
@@ -72,6 +72,26 @@
       <groupId>org.apache.oodt</groupId>
       <artifactId>pcs-core</artifactId>
       <version>${oodt.version}</version>
+      <exclusions>
+        <exclusion>
+          <groupId>org.apache.tika</groupId>
+          <artifactId>tika-core</artifactId>
+        </exclusion>
+        <exclusion>
+          <groupId>org.apache.tika</groupId>
+          <artifactId>tika-parsers</artifactId>
+        </exclusion>
+      </exclusions>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.apache.tika</groupId>
+      <artifactId>tika-core</artifactId>
+      <version>${tika.version}</version>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.apache.tika</groupId>
+      <artifactId>tika-parsers</artifactId>
+      <version>${tika.version}</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>junit</groupId>
diff --git a/pge/pom.xml b/pge/pom.xml
index a14e17a..520aa90 100644
--- a/pge/pom.xml
+++ b/pge/pom.xml
@@ -85,8 +85,21 @@
           <groupId>org.apache.oodt</groupId>
           <artifactId>cas-crawler</artifactId>
         </exclusion>
+        <exclusion>
+          <groupId>org.apache.tika</groupId>
+          <artifactId>tika-core</artifactId>
+        </exclusion>
+        <exclusion>
+          <groupId>org.apache.tika</groupId>
+          <artifactId>tika-parsers</artifactId>
+        </exclusion>
       </exclusions>
     </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.apache.tika</groupId>
+      <artifactId>tika-core</artifactId>
+      <version>${tika.version}</version>
+    </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>junit</groupId>
       <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index bb9e312..afbe24d 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@
     <project.reporting.outputEncoding>UTF-8</project.reporting.outputEncoding>
     <oodt.version>1.2.5</oodt.version>
     <oodt.pge.version>1.2.5</oodt.pge.version>
+    <tika.version>1.19.1</tika.version>
    <!-- Maven plugin dependencies -->
     <maven-compiler-plugin.version>3.7.0</maven-compiler-plugin.version>
     <maven-surefire-plugin.version>2.20.1</maven-surefire-plugin.version>
diff --git a/resmgr/pom.xml b/resmgr/pom.xml
index bcb4679..7cb55e2 100644
--- a/resmgr/pom.xml
+++ b/resmgr/pom.xml
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@
       <artifactId>cas-resource</artifactId>
       <version>${oodt.version}</version>
     </dependency>
-       <dependency>
+    <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.oodt</groupId>
       <artifactId>cas-pge</artifactId>
       <version>${oodt.pge.version}</version>
@@ -86,8 +86,21 @@
           <groupId>org.apache.oodt</groupId>
           <artifactId>cas-crawler</artifactId>
         </exclusion>
+        <exclusion>
+          <groupId>org.apache.tika</groupId>
+          <artifactId>tika-core</artifactId>
+        </exclusion>
+        <exclusion>
+          <groupId>org.apache.tika</groupId>
+          <artifactId>tika-parsers</artifactId>
+        </exclusion>
       </exclusions>
     </dependency> 
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.apache.tika</groupId>
+      <artifactId>tika-core</artifactId>
+      <version>${tika.version}</version>
+    </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>junit</groupId>
       <artifactId>junit</artifactId>