diff --git a/examples/pom.xml b/examples/pom.xml
index fd8cfb2..a0d9a1c 100644
--- a/examples/pom.xml
+++ b/examples/pom.xml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
       <dependency>
          <groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>
          <artifactId>hadoop-client</artifactId>
-         <version>1.0.3</version>
+         <version>2.7.0</version>
       </dependency>
 
       <dependency>