diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index d470d9d66390..11aef0183017 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -204,7 +204,7 @@
     <velocity.version>2.3</velocity.version>
     <xerces.version>2.12.2</xerces.version>
     <xmlsec.version>2.3.0</xmlsec.version>
-    <zookeeper.version>3.6.3</zookeeper.version>
+    <zookeeper.version>3.8.1</zookeeper.version>
     <jpam.version>1.1</jpam.version>
     <felix.version>2.4.0</felix.version>
     <curator.version>5.2.0</curator.version>
diff --git a/standalone-metastore/pom.xml b/standalone-metastore/pom.xml
index 8f14c52ddd37..7a6525860130 100644
--- a/standalone-metastore/pom.xml
+++ b/standalone-metastore/pom.xml
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@
     <beanutils.version>1.9.4</beanutils.version>
     <hamcrest.version>1.3</hamcrest.version>
     <curator.version>5.2.0</curator.version>
-    <zookeeper.version>3.6.3</zookeeper.version>
+    <zookeeper.version>3.8.1</zookeeper.version>
     <cron-utils.version>9.1.6</cron-utils.version>
     <spotbugs.version>4.0.3</spotbugs.version>
     <caffeine.version>2.8.4</caffeine.version>