diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-hdfs/hyracks-hdfs-2.x/pom.xml b/hyracks/hyracks-hdfs/hyracks-hdfs-2.x/pom.xml
index 9d93aac38..2a070b3b3 100644
--- a/hyracks/hyracks-hdfs/hyracks-hdfs-2.x/pom.xml
+++ b/hyracks/hyracks-hdfs/hyracks-hdfs-2.x/pom.xml
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@
 				<dependency>
 					<groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>
 					<artifactId>hadoop-common</artifactId>
-					<version>0.23.6</version>
+					<version>3.2.3</version>
 					<type>jar</type>
 					<scope>compile</scope>
 				</dependency>
@@ -156,7 +156,7 @@
 				<dependency>
 					<groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>
 					<artifactId>hadoop-common</artifactId>
-					<version>2.0.0-cdh4.2.0</version>
+					<version>3.2.3</version>
 					<type>jar</type>
 					<scope>compile</scope>
 				</dependency>
@@ -196,7 +196,7 @@
 				<dependency>
 					<groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>
 					<artifactId>hadoop-common</artifactId>
-					<version>2.0.0-cdh4.1.0</version>
+					<version>3.2.3</version>
 					<type>jar</type>
 					<scope>compile</scope>
 				</dependency>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index f2e0eeaa5..c43c7cb2f 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@
         <global.test.excludes>**/Abstract*.java,${hanging.pregelix.tests},${hivesterix.perf.tests}
         </global.test.excludes>
         <!-- Versions under dependencymanagement or used in many projects via properties -->
-        <hadoop.version>2.2.0</hadoop.version>
+        <hadoop.version>3.2.3</hadoop.version>
         <junit.version>4.8.1</junit.version>
         <commons.io.version>2.4</commons.io.version>
     </properties>