diff --git a/demos/scrooge-maven-demo/pom.xml b/demos/scrooge-maven-demo/pom.xml
index 01ac4669..7e4c01c2 100644
--- a/demos/scrooge-maven-demo/pom.xml
+++ b/demos/scrooge-maven-demo/pom.xml
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.thrift</groupId>
       <artifactId>libthrift</artifactId>
-      <version>0.10.0</version>
+      <version>0.17.0</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.twitter</groupId>