diff --git a/project/MimaExcludes.scala b/project/MimaExcludes.scala
index 8a93ca2999510..e73cf01edbf78 100644
--- a/project/MimaExcludes.scala
+++ b/project/MimaExcludes.scala
@@ -51,7 +51,10 @@ object MimaExcludes {
             ProblemFilters.exclude[MissingMethodProblem](
               "org.apache.spark.streaming.kafka.KafkaTestUtils.waitUntilLeaderOffset"),
             // SQL execution is considered private.
-            excludePackage("org.apache.spark.sql.execution")
+            excludePackage("org.apache.spark.sql.execution"),
+            // NanoTime is only used inside catalyst, not needed anymore
+            ProblemFilters.exclude[MissingClassProblem](
+              "org.apache.spark.sql.parquet.timestamp.NanoTime")
           )
         case v if v.startsWith("1.4") =>
           Seq(