diff --git a/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-mapreduce-client/pom.xml b/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-mapreduce-client/pom.xml
index 28a4c614178..2f75d2a54ab 100644
--- a/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-mapreduce-client/pom.xml
+++ b/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-mapreduce-client/pom.xml
@@ -188,7 +188,7 @@
         <activeByDefault>false</activeByDefault>
       </activation>
       <properties>
-        <jdiff.stable.api>2.7.2</jdiff.stable.api>
+        <jdiff.stable.api>2.8.2</jdiff.stable.api>
         <jdiff.stability>-unstable</jdiff.stability>
         <jdiff.javadoc.maxmemory>512m</jdiff.javadoc.maxmemory>
       </properties>
diff --git a/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/pom.xml b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/pom.xml
index 03404f1ad46..77f25c2c72f 100644
--- a/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/pom.xml
+++ b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/pom.xml
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@
         <activeByDefault>false</activeByDefault>
       </activation>
       <properties>
-        <jdiff.stable.api>2.7.2</jdiff.stable.api>
+        <jdiff.stable.api>2.8.2</jdiff.stable.api>
         <jdiff.stability>-unstable</jdiff.stability>
         <jdiff.compatibility></jdiff.compatibility>
         <jdiff.javadoc.maxmemory>512m</jdiff.javadoc.maxmemory>