diff --git a/tests/pulsar-client-admin-shade-test/pom.xml b/tests/pulsar-client-admin-shade-test/pom.xml
index 1ce482ad2323a..cdb1fb3b59336 100644
--- a/tests/pulsar-client-admin-shade-test/pom.xml
+++ b/tests/pulsar-client-admin-shade-test/pom.xml
@@ -62,6 +62,12 @@
             <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
 
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>io.netty</groupId>
+            <artifactId>netty-buffer</artifactId>
+            <scope>test</scope>
+        </dependency>
+
     </dependencies>
 
     <build>
diff --git a/tests/pulsar-client-admin-shade-test/src/test/java/org/apache/pulsar/tests/integration/SimpleProducerConsumerTest.java b/tests/pulsar-client-admin-shade-test/src/test/java/org/apache/pulsar/tests/integration/SimpleProducerConsumerTest.java
index d8ad93d570a33..fc5f4e0b300ad 100644
--- a/tests/pulsar-client-admin-shade-test/src/test/java/org/apache/pulsar/tests/integration/SimpleProducerConsumerTest.java
+++ b/tests/pulsar-client-admin-shade-test/src/test/java/org/apache/pulsar/tests/integration/SimpleProducerConsumerTest.java
@@ -21,6 +21,8 @@
 import static org.testng.Assert.assertEquals;
 import static org.testng.Assert.assertNull;
 import static org.testng.Assert.assertTrue;
+import io.netty.buffer.ByteBuf;
+import io.netty.buffer.Unpooled;
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.net.URI;
 import java.nio.ByteBuffer;
@@ -58,8 +60,7 @@
 import org.apache.pulsar.common.compression.CompressionCodecProvider;
 import org.apache.pulsar.common.policies.data.TenantInfoImpl;
 import org.apache.pulsar.common.protocol.Commands;
-import org.apache.pulsar.shade.io.netty.buffer.ByteBuf;
-import org.apache.pulsar.shade.io.netty.buffer.Unpooled;
+
 import org.apache.pulsar.tests.TestRetrySupport;
 import org.slf4j.Logger;
 import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
diff --git a/tests/pulsar-client-all-shade-test/pom.xml b/tests/pulsar-client-all-shade-test/pom.xml
index ce2705bb3c97f..9ff229e7e02b5 100644
--- a/tests/pulsar-client-all-shade-test/pom.xml
+++ b/tests/pulsar-client-all-shade-test/pom.xml
@@ -61,6 +61,12 @@
             <version>${project.version}</version>
         </dependency>
 
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>io.netty</groupId>
+            <artifactId>netty-buffer</artifactId>
+            <scope>test</scope>
+        </dependency>
+
     </dependencies>
 
     <build>
diff --git a/tests/pulsar-client-all-shade-test/src/test/java/org/apache/pulsar/tests/integration/SimpleProducerConsumerTest.java b/tests/pulsar-client-all-shade-test/src/test/java/org/apache/pulsar/tests/integration/SimpleProducerConsumerTest.java
index 69ee2d0ebcbd0..f9ea3dd506eb3 100644
--- a/tests/pulsar-client-all-shade-test/src/test/java/org/apache/pulsar/tests/integration/SimpleProducerConsumerTest.java
+++ b/tests/pulsar-client-all-shade-test/src/test/java/org/apache/pulsar/tests/integration/SimpleProducerConsumerTest.java
@@ -21,6 +21,8 @@
 import static org.testng.Assert.assertEquals;
 import static org.testng.Assert.assertNull;
 import static org.testng.Assert.assertTrue;
+import io.netty.buffer.ByteBuf;
+import io.netty.buffer.Unpooled;
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.net.URI;
 import java.nio.ByteBuffer;
@@ -58,8 +60,6 @@
 import org.apache.pulsar.common.compression.CompressionCodecProvider;
 import org.apache.pulsar.common.policies.data.TenantInfo;
 import org.apache.pulsar.common.protocol.Commands;
-import org.apache.pulsar.shade.io.netty.buffer.ByteBuf;
-import org.apache.pulsar.shade.io.netty.buffer.Unpooled;
 import org.apache.pulsar.tests.TestRetrySupport;
 import org.slf4j.Logger;
 import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
diff --git a/tests/pulsar-client-shade-test/pom.xml b/tests/pulsar-client-shade-test/pom.xml
index 7a5746c7861a9..53fae401ff70d 100644
--- a/tests/pulsar-client-shade-test/pom.xml
+++ b/tests/pulsar-client-shade-test/pom.xml
@@ -56,6 +56,12 @@
             <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
 
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>io.netty</groupId>
+            <artifactId>netty-buffer</artifactId>
+            <scope>test</scope>
+        </dependency>
+
     </dependencies>
 
     <build>
diff --git a/tests/pulsar-client-shade-test/src/test/java/org/apache/pulsar/tests/integration/SimpleProducerConsumerTest.java b/tests/pulsar-client-shade-test/src/test/java/org/apache/pulsar/tests/integration/SimpleProducerConsumerTest.java
index a0a54e4604ae8..9a4758f97c12d 100644
--- a/tests/pulsar-client-shade-test/src/test/java/org/apache/pulsar/tests/integration/SimpleProducerConsumerTest.java
+++ b/tests/pulsar-client-shade-test/src/test/java/org/apache/pulsar/tests/integration/SimpleProducerConsumerTest.java
@@ -21,6 +21,8 @@
 import static org.testng.Assert.assertEquals;
 import static org.testng.Assert.assertNull;
 import static org.testng.Assert.assertTrue;
+import io.netty.buffer.ByteBuf;
+import io.netty.buffer.Unpooled;
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.net.URI;
 import java.nio.ByteBuffer;
@@ -58,8 +60,6 @@
 import org.apache.pulsar.common.compression.CompressionCodecProvider;
 import org.apache.pulsar.common.policies.data.TenantInfo;
 import org.apache.pulsar.common.protocol.Commands;
-import org.apache.pulsar.shade.io.netty.buffer.ByteBuf;
-import org.apache.pulsar.shade.io.netty.buffer.Unpooled;
 import org.apache.pulsar.tests.TestRetrySupport;
 import org.slf4j.Logger;
 import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;