diff --git a/phoenix-core/pom.xml b/phoenix-core/pom.xml
index a62501a0dec..7827a065f0d 100644
--- a/phoenix-core/pom.xml
+++ b/phoenix-core/pom.xml
@@ -453,16 +453,17 @@
       <scope>test</scope>
       <type>test-jar</type>
     </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>com.google.inject</groupId>
+      <artifactId>guice</artifactId>
+      <scope>test</scope>
+    </dependency>
 
     <!-- Other dependencies -->
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.antlr</groupId>
       <artifactId>antlr-runtime</artifactId>
     </dependency>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>com.google.inject</groupId>
-      <artifactId>guice</artifactId>
-    </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>joda-time</groupId>
       <artifactId>joda-time</artifactId>
diff --git a/phoenix-core/src/main/java/org/apache/phoenix/mapreduce/index/IndexScrutinyTool.java b/phoenix-core/src/main/java/org/apache/phoenix/mapreduce/index/IndexScrutinyTool.java
index 33de963a91b..ac03cc1689f 100644
--- a/phoenix-core/src/main/java/org/apache/phoenix/mapreduce/index/IndexScrutinyTool.java
+++ b/phoenix-core/src/main/java/org/apache/phoenix/mapreduce/index/IndexScrutinyTool.java
@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@
 import java.util.List;
 
 import org.apache.phoenix.thirdparty.com.google.common.base.Strings;
-import com.google.inject.Inject;
 import org.apache.phoenix.thirdparty.org.apache.commons.cli.CommandLine;
 import org.apache.phoenix.thirdparty.org.apache.commons.cli.CommandLineParser;
 import org.apache.phoenix.thirdparty.org.apache.commons.cli.DefaultParser;
@@ -116,7 +115,6 @@ public class IndexScrutinyTool extends Configured implements Tool {
             "If specified, uses Tenant connection for tenant view index scrutiny (optional)");
     public static final String INDEX_JOB_NAME_TEMPLATE = "PHOENIX_SCRUTINY_[%s]_[%s]";
 
-    @Inject
     Class<? extends IndexScrutinyMapper> mapperClass = null;
 
     public IndexScrutinyTool(Class<? extends IndexScrutinyMapper> indexScrutinyMapperForTestClass) {
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index c534f9a3c8f..e5df49e8c33 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@
     <omid.version>1.1.0</omid.version>
     <stream.version>2.9.5</stream.version>
     <icu4j.version>72.1</icu4j.version>
-    <guice.version>4.0</guice.version>
+    <guice.version>5.1.0</guice.version>
     <zookeeper.version>3.5.7</zookeeper.version>
     <curator.version>4.2.0</curator.version>
     <jcodings.version>1.0.55</jcodings.version>
@@ -1128,10 +1128,6 @@
         <artifactId>omid-hbase-common</artifactId>
         <version>${omid.version}</version>
         <exclusions>
-          <exclusion>
-            <groupId>com.google.inject</groupId>
-            <artifactId>guice</artifactId>
-          </exclusion>
           <exclusion>
             <groupId>commons-io</groupId>
             <artifactId>commons-io</artifactId>
@@ -1158,10 +1154,6 @@
             <groupId>org.testng</groupId>
             <artifactId>testng</artifactId>
           </exclusion>
-          <exclusion>
-            <groupId>com.google.inject</groupId>
-            <artifactId>guice</artifactId>
-          </exclusion>
           <exclusion>
             <groupId>commons-io</groupId>
             <artifactId>commons-io</artifactId>
@@ -1177,10 +1169,6 @@
             <groupId>org.testng</groupId>
             <artifactId>testng</artifactId>
           </exclusion>
-          <exclusion>
-            <groupId>com.google.inject</groupId>
-            <artifactId>guice</artifactId>
-          </exclusion>
           <exclusion>
             <groupId>commons-io</groupId>
             <artifactId>commons-io</artifactId>
@@ -1209,10 +1197,6 @@
             <groupId>org.testng</groupId>
             <artifactId>testng</artifactId>
           </exclusion>
-          <exclusion>
-            <groupId>com.google.inject</groupId>
-            <artifactId>guice</artifactId>
-          </exclusion>
           <exclusion>
             <groupId>commons-io</groupId>
             <artifactId>commons-io</artifactId>
@@ -1240,10 +1224,6 @@
             <groupId>org.testng</groupId>
             <artifactId>testng</artifactId>
           </exclusion>
-          <exclusion>
-            <groupId>com.google.inject</groupId>
-            <artifactId>guice</artifactId>
-          </exclusion>
           <exclusion>
             <groupId>commons-io</groupId>
             <artifactId>commons-io</artifactId>
@@ -1259,10 +1239,6 @@
         <artifactId>omid-hbase-commit-table</artifactId>
         <version>${omid.version}</version>
         <exclusions>
-          <exclusion>
-            <groupId>com.google.inject</groupId>
-            <artifactId>guice</artifactId>
-          </exclusion>
           <exclusion>
             <groupId>commons-io</groupId>
             <artifactId>commons-io</artifactId>