diff --git a/src/contrib/ec2/bin/hbase-ec2-env.sh b/src/contrib/ec2/bin/hbase-ec2-env.sh
index 71329bc4a18..495ca4e9b70 100644
--- a/src/contrib/ec2/bin/hbase-ec2-env.sh
+++ b/src/contrib/ec2/bin/hbase-ec2-env.sh
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ EC2_CERT=
 EC2_ROOT_SSH_KEY=
 
 # The version of HBase to use.
-HBASE_VERSION=0.20.2
+HBASE_VERSION=0.20.3-dev
 
 # The version of Hadoop to use.
 HADOOP_VERSION=0.20.1