diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 3fdddf5..8261552 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
   <properties>
     <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
     <reef.version>0.15.0</reef.version>
-    <hadoop.version>2.4.0</hadoop.version>
+    <hadoop.version>3.2.3</hadoop.version>
     <mahout.version>0.9</mahout.version>
     <rat.version>0.11</rat.version>
     <maven-checkstyle-plugin.version>2.17</maven-checkstyle-plugin.version>