diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index f305ecea5..351088155 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@
     <cdap.version>6.7.0-SNAPSHOT</cdap.version>
     <cdap.plugin.version>2.9.0-SNAPSHOT</cdap.plugin.version>
     <guava.version>13.0.1</guava.version>
-    <hadoop.version>2.3.0</hadoop.version>
+    <hadoop.version>2.10.1</hadoop.version>
     <hsql.version>2.2.4</hsql.version>
     <junit.version>4.13</junit.version>
     <mockrunner.version>2.0.1</mockrunner.version>