diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 5350324..cbaa6a2 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@
     <spark.version>3.1.1</spark.version>
     <widgets.dir>widgets</widgets.dir>
     <docs.dir>docs</docs.dir>
-    <hadoop.version>2.3.0</hadoop.version>
+    <hadoop.version>3.2.3</hadoop.version>
     <!-- properties for script build step that creates the config files for the artifacts -->
     <app.parents>system:cdap-data-streams[6.0.0-SNAPSHOT,7.0.0),system:cdap-data-pipeline[6.0.0-SNAPSHOT,7.0.0)</app.parents>
     <main.basedir>${project.basedir}</main.basedir>