diff --git a/hadoop-project/pom.xml b/hadoop-project/pom.xml
index d8bfaa22c8e7..5afd4e5e7bf2 100644
--- a/hadoop-project/pom.xml
+++ b/hadoop-project/pom.xml
@@ -740,7 +740,7 @@
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.codehaus.jettison</groupId>
         <artifactId>jettison</artifactId>
-        <version>1.1</version>
+        <version>1.5.2</version>
         <exclusions>
           <exclusion>
             <groupId>stax</groupId>