diff --git a/giraph-gremlin/pom.xml b/giraph-gremlin/pom.xml
index 727e1cbc091..347bd0d4093 100644
--- a/giraph-gremlin/pom.xml
+++ b/giraph-gremlin/pom.xml
@@ -25,6 +25,16 @@ limitations under the License.
     </parent>
     <artifactId>giraph-gremlin</artifactId>
     <name>Apache TinkerPop :: Giraph Gremlin</name>
+	<dependencyManagement>
+		<dependencies>
+			<dependency>
+				<!-- see: https://github.com/apache/hadoop/pull/84 -->
+				<groupId>io.netty</groupId>
+				<artifactId>netty</artifactId>
+				<version>3.7.1.Final</version>
+			</dependency>
+		</dependencies>
+	</dependencyManagement>
     <dependencies>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.tinkerpop</groupId>
diff --git a/hadoop-gremlin/pom.xml b/hadoop-gremlin/pom.xml
index 2221d76260d..ee18ca9a1ed 100644
--- a/hadoop-gremlin/pom.xml
+++ b/hadoop-gremlin/pom.xml
@@ -25,6 +25,16 @@ limitations under the License.
     </parent>
     <artifactId>hadoop-gremlin</artifactId>
     <name>Apache TinkerPop :: Hadoop Gremlin</name>
+	<dependencyManagement>
+		<dependencies>
+			<dependency>
+				<!-- see: https://github.com/apache/hadoop/pull/84 -->
+				<groupId>io.netty</groupId>
+				<artifactId>netty</artifactId>
+				<version>3.7.1.Final</version>
+			</dependency>
+		</dependencies>
+	</dependencyManagement>
     <dependencies>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.tinkerpop</groupId>
@@ -161,7 +171,7 @@ limitations under the License.
                 <configuration>
                     <archive>
                         <manifestEntries>
-                            <Gremlin-Plugin-Dependencies>org.apache.hadoop:hadoop-client:2.7.1
+                            <Gremlin-Plugin-Dependencies>org.apache.hadoop:hadoop-client:2.7.2
                             </Gremlin-Plugin-Dependencies>
                         </manifestEntries>
                     </archive>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index acef6c66825..99194f345f5 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ limitations under the License.
         <skipIntegrationTests>true</skipIntegrationTests>
         <skipPerformanceTests>true</skipPerformanceTests>
         <slf4j.version>1.7.12</slf4j.version>
-        <hadoop.version>2.7.1</hadoop.version>
+        <hadoop.version>2.7.2</hadoop.version>
         <java.tuples.version>1.2</java.tuples.version>
         <javadoc-plugin.version>2.10.1</javadoc-plugin.version>