diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 0abd9a5..ada3bc6 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
   <properties>
     <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
     <cdap.version>6.8.0-SNAPSHOT</cdap.version>
-    <hadoop.version>2.10.2</hadoop.version>
+    <hadoop.version>3.4.0</hadoop.version>
     <hsql.version>2.2.4</hsql.version>
     <hydrator.version>2.11.0-SNAPSHOT</hydrator.version>
     <!-- properties for script build step that creates the config files for the artifacts -->