diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index abc8bfbda..a6542c3d2 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>
             <artifactId>hadoop-client</artifactId>
-            <version>2.0.0-mr1-cdh4.0.1</version>
+            <version>2.7.0</version>
             <scope>compile</scope>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>