diff --git a/seqreader-app/pom.xml b/seqreader-app/pom.xml
index fbf4e69..a3f039d 100644
--- a/seqreader-app/pom.xml
+++ b/seqreader-app/pom.xml
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@
     <dependency>
         <groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>
         <artifactId>hadoop-common</artifactId>
-        <version>3.3.2</version>
+        <version>3.4.0</version>
         <exclusions>
           <exclusion>
              <groupId>ant</groupId>