diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 589170cb7d5..6cf55084d7d 100755
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -1370,7 +1370,7 @@
     <surefire.version>3.0.0-M4</surefire.version>
     <wagon.ssh.version>2.12</wagon.ssh.version>
     <xml.maven.version>1.0.1</xml.maven.version>
-    <hbase-thirdparty.version>3.2.0</hbase-thirdparty.version>
+    <hbase-thirdparty.version>3.1.1</hbase-thirdparty.version>
     <!-- Intraproject jar naming properties -->
     <!-- TODO this is pretty ugly, but works for the moment.
       Modules are pretty heavy-weight things, so doing this work isn't too bad. -->