diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 7860bad5f..f0da80c58 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 		</didyouknow>
 
 		<java.version>11</java.version>
-		<hadoop.version>2.3.0</hadoop.version>
+		<hadoop.version>2.7.0</hadoop.version>
 		<htsjdk.version>2.13.2</htsjdk.version>
 		<kenetre.version>0.12</kenetre.version>
 		<poi.version>4.1.2</poi.version>