diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 989658216e5f..51a852941488 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -2511,8 +2511,11 @@
 
     <profile>
       <id>hadoop-2.7</id>
+      <activation>
+        <activeByDefault>true</activeByDefault>
+      </activation>
       <properties>
-        <hadoop.version>2.7.2</hadoop.version>
+        <hadoop.version>2.7.3</hadoop.version>
         <jets3t.version>0.9.3</jets3t.version>
         <zookeeper.version>3.4.6</zookeeper.version>
         <curator.version>2.6.0</curator.version>