diff --git a/hadoop-project/pom.xml b/hadoop-project/pom.xml
index d8bfaa22c8e7..be18fcae11a6 100644
--- a/hadoop-project/pom.xml
+++ b/hadoop-project/pom.xml
@@ -641,7 +641,7 @@
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.apache.ant</groupId>
         <artifactId>ant</artifactId>
-        <version>1.8.1</version>
+        <version>1.10.11</version>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.protobuf</groupId>