diff --git a/indexing-hadoop/src/main/java/io/druid/indexer/HadoopDruidIndexerJob.java b/indexing-hadoop/src/main/java/io/druid/indexer/HadoopDruidIndexerJob.java
index 49ea3654738..467a2e76b55 100644
--- a/indexing-hadoop/src/main/java/io/druid/indexer/HadoopDruidIndexerJob.java
+++ b/indexing-hadoop/src/main/java/io/druid/indexer/HadoopDruidIndexerJob.java
@@ -77,7 +77,9 @@ public class HadoopDruidIndexerJob implements Jobby
     if (metadataStorageUpdaterJob != null) {
       jobs.add(metadataStorageUpdaterJob);
     } else {
-      log.info("No updaterJobSpec set, not uploading to database");
+      log.info(
+          "No metadataStorageUpdaterJob set in the config. This is cool if you are running a hadoop index task, otherwise nothing will be uploaded to database."
+      );
     }
 
     jobs.add(
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 375741dedfc..939770ab5de 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>com.metamx</groupId>
                 <artifactId>http-client</artifactId>
-                <version>0.9.7</version>
+                <version>0.9.12</version>
             </dependency>
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>com.metamx</groupId>