diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 6d227fcbf4c..898e28a3448 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@
         <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
         <metamx.java-util.version>0.26.6</metamx.java-util.version>
         <apache.curator.version>2.6.0</apache.curator.version>
-        <druid.api.version>0.2.8</druid.api.version>
+        <druid.api.version>0.2.9</druid.api.version>
     </properties>
 
     <modules>
diff --git a/server/src/main/java/io/druid/client/CachingClusteredClient.java b/server/src/main/java/io/druid/client/CachingClusteredClient.java
index 0a44e41f768..ba3b49f25d2 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/io/druid/client/CachingClusteredClient.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/io/druid/client/CachingClusteredClient.java
@@ -321,7 +321,7 @@ public class CachingClusteredClient<T> implements QueryRunner<T>
 
               final QueryRunner clientQueryable = serverView.getQueryRunner(server);
               if (clientQueryable == null) {
-                log.makeAlert("WTF!? server[%s] doesn't have a client Queryable?", server).emit();
+                log.error("WTF!? server[%s] doesn't have a client Queryable?", server);
                 continue;
               }
 
diff --git a/server/src/main/java/io/druid/client/DirectDruidClient.java b/server/src/main/java/io/druid/client/DirectDruidClient.java
index a2fde2c1033..c354bc18259 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/io/druid/client/DirectDruidClient.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/io/druid/client/DirectDruidClient.java
@@ -343,7 +343,7 @@ public class DirectDruidClient<T> implements QueryRunner<T>
           }
         }
         catch (IOException | InterruptedException | ExecutionException e) {
-          throw new RE(e, "Failure getting results from[%s]", url);
+          throw new RE(e, "Failure getting results from[%s] because of [%s]", url, e.getMessage());
         }
         catch (CancellationException e) {
           throw new QueryInterruptedException("Query cancelled");