diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index a97cfb39f..79dc75765 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -3,9 +3,9 @@ before_install:
   - sudo apt-get update -qq
   - sudo apt-get install -qq protobuf-compiler
   - sudo apt-get install -qq libboost-dev libboost-test-dev libboost-program-options-dev libevent-dev automake libtool flex bison pkg-config g++ libssl-dev
-  - wget -nv http://archive.apache.org/dist/thrift/0.7.0/thrift-0.7.0.tar.gz
-  - tar zxf thrift-0.7.0.tar.gz
-  - cd thrift-0.7.0
+  - wget -nv http://archive.apache.org/dist/thrift/0.9.0/thrift-0.9.0.tar.gz
+  - tar zxf thrift-0.9.0.tar.gz
+  - cd thrift-0.9.0
   - chmod +x ./configure
   - ./configure --disable-gen-erl --disable-gen-hs --without-ruby --without-haskell --without-erlang
   - sudo make install
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 1d8c815ea..60d6aff7a 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -205,8 +205,8 @@
             <exclude>*/jdiff/*.xml</exclude>
             <exclude>.travis.yml</exclude>
             <exclude>licenses/**</exclude>
-            <exclude>thrift-0.7.0/**</exclude>
-            <exclude>thrift-0.7.0.tar.gz</exclude>
+            <exclude>thrift-0.9.0/**</exclude>
+            <exclude>thrift-0.9.0.tar.gz</exclude>
           </excludes>
         </configuration>
       </plugin>
@@ -222,7 +222,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.thrift</groupId>
       <artifactId>libthrift</artifactId>
-      <version>0.7.0</version>
+      <version>0.9.0</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>junit</groupId>