diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index c6025866..fa72be8a 100755
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -14,9 +14,9 @@
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
-      <groupId>commons-validator</groupId>
-      <artifactId>commons-validator</artifactId>
-      <version>1.6</version>
+      <groupId>com.google.guava</groupId>
+      <artifactId>guava</artifactId>
+      <version>28.1-jre</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.mockito</groupId>
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/xiaomi/infra/pegasus/rpc/async/HostNameResolver.java b/src/main/java/com/xiaomi/infra/pegasus/rpc/async/HostNameResolver.java
index 3e8ce2f3..f24b7a73 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/xiaomi/infra/pegasus/rpc/async/HostNameResolver.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/xiaomi/infra/pegasus/rpc/async/HostNameResolver.java
@@ -15,6 +15,9 @@
  */
 public class HostNameResolver {
 
+  private static final org.slf4j.Logger logger =
+      org.slf4j.LoggerFactory.getLogger(HostNameResolver.class);
+
   public rpc_address[] resolve(String hostPort) throws IllegalArgumentException {
     String[] pairs = hostPort.split(":");
     if (pairs.length != 2) {
@@ -23,6 +26,7 @@ public rpc_address[] resolve(String hostPort) throws IllegalArgumentException {
 
     try {
       Integer port = Integer.valueOf(pairs[1]);
+      logger.info("start to resolve hostname {} into ip addresses", pairs[0]);
       InetAddress[] resolvedAddresses = InetAddress.getAllByName(pairs[0]);
       rpc_address[] results = new rpc_address[resolvedAddresses.length];
       int size = 0;
@@ -30,6 +34,7 @@ public rpc_address[] resolve(String hostPort) throws IllegalArgumentException {
         rpc_address rpcAddr = new rpc_address();
         int ip = ByteBuffer.wrap(addr.getAddress()).order(ByteOrder.BIG_ENDIAN).getInt();
         rpcAddr.address = ((long) ip << 32) + ((long) port << 16) + 1;
+        logger.info("resolved ip address {} from host {}", rpcAddr, pairs[0]);
         results[size++] = rpcAddr;
       }
       return results;
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/xiaomi/infra/pegasus/rpc/async/MetaSession.java b/src/main/java/com/xiaomi/infra/pegasus/rpc/async/MetaSession.java
index 86c3d931..8df5cdb7 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/xiaomi/infra/pegasus/rpc/async/MetaSession.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/xiaomi/infra/pegasus/rpc/async/MetaSession.java
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 // can be found in the LICENSE file in the root directory of this source tree.
 package com.xiaomi.infra.pegasus.rpc.async;
 
+import com.google.common.net.InetAddresses;
 import com.xiaomi.infra.pegasus.base.error_code.error_types;
 import com.xiaomi.infra.pegasus.base.rpc_address;
 import com.xiaomi.infra.pegasus.operator.client_operator;
@@ -14,7 +15,6 @@
 import java.util.concurrent.ExecutionException;
 import java.util.concurrent.FutureTask;
 import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
-import org.apache.commons.validator.routines.InetAddressValidator;
 
 public class MetaSession extends HostNameResolver {
   public MetaSession(
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ public MetaSession(
     clusterManager = manager;
     metaList = new ArrayList<ReplicaSession>();
 
-    if (addrList.length == 1 && !InetAddressValidator.getInstance().isValid(addrList[0])) {
+    if (addrList.length == 1 && !InetAddresses.isInetAddress(addrList[0])) {
       // if the given string is not a valid ip address,
       // then take it as a hostname for a try.
       resolveHost(addrList[0]);