diff --git a/system-ml/pom.xml b/system-ml/pom.xml
index c6c27150a..14bad4b47 100644
--- a/system-ml/pom.xml
+++ b/system-ml/pom.xml
@@ -477,7 +477,7 @@
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>
 			<artifactId>hadoop-client</artifactId>
-			<version>2.4.1</version>
+			<version>2.7.0</version>
 			<scope>provided</scope>
 			<exclusions>
 				<exclusion>