diff --git a/.github/dependabot.yml b/.github/dependabot.yml
index ad9ef02ec338..527e3dc1dc08 100644
--- a/.github/dependabot.yml
+++ b/.github/dependabot.yml
@@ -15,3 +15,6 @@ updates:
       # pin Testng dependencies to 7.3.0
       - dependency-name: "org.testng"
         versions: "[7.4.0,)"
+      # pin Curator dependencies to 5.3.0 util https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CURATOR-696 has been resolved
+      - dependency-name: "org.apache.curator"
+        versions: "[5.4.0,)"
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 27ceb04cf683..3bb6f2a88e62 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -75,6 +75,8 @@
         <java.version>8</java.version>
         <project.build.resourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.resourceEncoding>
         <aether.version>0.9.0.M2</aether.version>
+        <!-- Downgraded the version of Apache Curator from 5.5.0 to 5.3.0 to avoid a bug in the new version
+         FYI, https://github.com/apache/druid/pull/16425 -->
         <apache.curator.version>5.3.0</apache.curator.version>
         <apache.kafka.version>3.6.1</apache.kafka.version>
         <!-- when updating apache ranger, verify the usage of aws-bundle-sdk vs aws-logs-sdk