diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 5d511380b71..bf8f1b506c1 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -885,7 +885,7 @@
     <slf4j.version>1.5.8</slf4j.version><!-- newer version available -->
     <stax-api.version>1.0.1</stax-api.version>
     <thrift.version>0.7.0</thrift.version>
-    <zookeeper.version>3.4.1</zookeeper.version>
+    <zookeeper.version>3.4.2rc0</zookeeper.version>
     <hadoop-snappy.version>0.0.1-SNAPSHOT</hadoop-snappy.version>
 
     <package.prefix>/usr</package.prefix>