diff --git a/java/shims/src/java/org/apache/orc/impl/HadoopShims.java b/java/shims/src/java/org/apache/orc/impl/HadoopShims.java
index 2ae0364f25e..d8e32296547 100644
--- a/java/shims/src/java/org/apache/orc/impl/HadoopShims.java
+++ b/java/shims/src/java/org/apache/orc/impl/HadoopShims.java
@@ -22,6 +22,8 @@
 import org.apache.hadoop.fs.FSDataInputStream;
 import org.apache.hadoop.util.VersionInfo;
 import org.apache.orc.EncryptionAlgorithm;
+import org.slf4j.Logger;
+import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
 
 import java.io.Closeable;
 import java.io.IOException;
@@ -133,12 +135,18 @@ ByteBuffer readBuffer(int maxLength,
   boolean endVariableLengthBlock(OutputStream output) throws IOException;
 
   default boolean supportVectoredIO() {
-    // HADOOP-18103 is available since Apache Hadoop 3.3.5+
-    String[] versionParts = VersionInfo.getVersion().split("[.]");
-    int major = Integer.parseInt(versionParts[0]);
-    int minor = Integer.parseInt(versionParts[1]);
-    int patch = Integer.parseInt(versionParts[2]);
-    return major == 3 && (minor > 3 || (minor == 3 && patch > 4));
+    try {
+      // HADOOP-18103 is available since Apache Hadoop 3.3.5+
+      String[] versionParts = VersionInfo.getVersion().split("[.]");
+      int major = Integer.parseInt(versionParts[0]);
+      int minor = Integer.parseInt(versionParts[1]);
+      int patch = Integer.parseInt(versionParts[2]);
+      return major == 3 && (minor > 3 || (minor == 3 && patch > 4));
+    } catch (final NumberFormatException e) {
+      // There could be cases where we are not able to parse the version
+      // Here we are defaulting to the non vectoredIO if that is the case
+      return false;
+    }
   }
 
   /**