diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 7eb679d..5bb2a58 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>
       <artifactId>hadoop-mapreduce-client-core</artifactId>
-      <version>2.5.0</version>
+      <version>2.7.7</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.carrotsearch</groupId>