diff --git a/core/pom.xml b/core/pom.xml
index a5f2e756da0..25354e4222c 100644
--- a/core/pom.xml
+++ b/core/pom.xml
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.zookeeper</groupId>
       <artifactId>zookeeper</artifactId>
-      <version>3.4.7</version>
+      <version>3.7.2</version>
       <exclusions>
         <exclusion>
           <groupId>jline</groupId>