diff --git a/system-ml/pom.xml b/system-ml/pom.xml
index c6c27150a..e7ee43816 100644
--- a/system-ml/pom.xml
+++ b/system-ml/pom.xml
@@ -453,7 +453,7 @@
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>
 			<artifactId>hadoop-common</artifactId>
-			<version>2.4.1</version>
+			<version>3.4.0</version>
 			<scope>provided</scope>
 			<exclusions>
 				<exclusion>