diff --git a/hbase-in-action/pom.xml b/hbase-in-action/pom.xml
index 14e58b1..dc5f9d5 100644
--- a/hbase-in-action/pom.xml
+++ b/hbase-in-action/pom.xml
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>
       <artifactId>hadoop-client</artifactId>
-      <version>2.6.2</version>
+      <version>2.7.0</version>
       <exclusions>
         <exclusion>
           <groupId>javax.servlet</groupId>