diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 6814120da74..20eac8191fc 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@
     </scm>
 
     <properties>
-        <metamx.java-util.version>0.27.0</metamx.java-util.version>
+        <metamx.java-util.version>0.27.2</metamx.java-util.version>
         <apache.curator.version>2.8.0</apache.curator.version>
         <jetty.version>9.2.13.v20150730</jetty.version>
         <jersey.version>1.19</jersey.version>