diff --git a/java/core/src/java/org/apache/orc/impl/RecordReaderUtils.java b/java/core/src/java/org/apache/orc/impl/RecordReaderUtils.java
index 0eabb421e01..100303b238d 100644
--- a/java/core/src/java/org/apache/orc/impl/RecordReaderUtils.java
+++ b/java/core/src/java/org/apache/orc/impl/RecordReaderUtils.java
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
 import org.apache.hadoop.fs.FileSystem;
 import org.apache.hadoop.fs.Path;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hive.common.io.DiskRangeList;
+import org.apache.hadoop.util.VersionInfo;
 import org.apache.orc.CompressionCodec;
 import org.apache.orc.DataReader;
 import org.apache.orc.OrcProto;
@@ -48,7 +49,7 @@
  */
 public class RecordReaderUtils {
   private static final HadoopShims SHIMS = HadoopShimsFactory.get();
-  private static final boolean supportVectoredIO = SHIMS.supportVectoredIO();
+  private static final boolean supportVectoredIO = SHIMS.supportVectoredIO(VersionInfo.getVersion());
   private static final Logger LOG = LoggerFactory.getLogger(RecordReaderUtils.class);
 
   private static class DefaultDataReader implements DataReader {
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..292785df74d 100644
--- a/java/shims/src/java/org/apache/orc/impl/HadoopShims.java
+++ b/java/shims/src/java/org/apache/orc/impl/HadoopShims.java
@@ -132,13 +132,19 @@ 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));
+  default boolean supportVectoredIO(String version) {
+    try {
+      // HADOOP-18103 is available since Apache Hadoop 3.3.5+
+      String[] versionParts = version.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;
+    }
   }
 
   /**
diff --git a/java/shims/src/test/org/apache/orc/impl/TestHadoopShimsPost3_3_4.java b/java/shims/src/test/org/apache/orc/impl/TestHadoopShimsPost3_3_4.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..e6a7c47b3b5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/java/shims/src/test/org/apache/orc/impl/TestHadoopShimsPost3_3_4.java
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+package org.apache.orc.impl;
+
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
+
+import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.*;
+
+public class TestHadoopShimsPost3_3_4 {
+
+  @Test
+  public void testWrongVersionForSupportVectoredIO() {
+    assertFalse(new HadoopShimsCurrent().supportVectoredIO("3.3.6-co-3"));
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  public void testOlderVersionForSupportVectoredIO() {
+    assertFalse(new HadoopShimsCurrent().supportVectoredIO("3.3.4"));
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  public void testSupportedVersionForSupportVectoredIO() {
+    assertTrue(new HadoopShimsCurrent().supportVectoredIO("3.3.5"));
+  }
+}