diff --git a/zookeeper-api/pom.xml b/zookeeper-api/pom.xml
index befc1b319e..c96f20c25a 100644
--- a/zookeeper-api/pom.xml
+++ b/zookeeper-api/pom.xml
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.zookeeper</groupId>
       <artifactId>zookeeper</artifactId>
-      <version>3.6.3</version>
+      <version>3.7.2</version>
       <exclusions>
         <exclusion>
           <groupId>junit</groupId>