diff --git a/hadoop-project/pom.xml b/hadoop-project/pom.xml
index 3ae86d71a31..1a45d6ed619 100644
--- a/hadoop-project/pom.xml
+++ b/hadoop-project/pom.xml
@@ -1221,7 +1221,7 @@
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.codehaus.jettison</groupId>
         <artifactId>jettison</artifactId>
-        <version>1.1</version>
+        <version>1.5.1</version>
         <exclusions>
           <exclusion>
             <groupId>stax</groupId>