diff --git a/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/scheduler/cluster/mesos/CoarseMesosSchedulerBackend.scala b/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/scheduler/cluster/mesos/CoarseMesosSchedulerBackend.scala
index 06b041e1fd9a9..c478e685641d7 100644
--- a/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/scheduler/cluster/mesos/CoarseMesosSchedulerBackend.scala
+++ b/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/scheduler/cluster/mesos/CoarseMesosSchedulerBackend.scala
@@ -194,10 +194,12 @@ private[spark] class CoarseMesosSchedulerBackend(
             .addResources(createResource("cpus", cpusToUse))
             .addResources(createResource("mem", sc.executorMemory))
             .build()
-          d.launchTasks(offer.getId, Collections.singletonList(task), filters)
+          d.launchTasks(Collections.singletonList(offer.getId),
+                        Collections.singletonList(task),
+                        filters)
         } else {
           // Filter it out
-          d.launchTasks(offer.getId, Collections.emptyList[MesosTaskInfo](), filters)
+          d.declineOffer(offer.getId, filters)
         }
       }
     }
diff --git a/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/scheduler/cluster/mesos/MesosSchedulerBackend.scala b/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/scheduler/cluster/mesos/MesosSchedulerBackend.scala
index dfdcafe19fb93..f878ae338fc95 100644
--- a/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/scheduler/cluster/mesos/MesosSchedulerBackend.scala
+++ b/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/scheduler/cluster/mesos/MesosSchedulerBackend.scala
@@ -223,7 +223,7 @@ private[spark] class MesosSchedulerBackend(
         // Reply to the offers
         val filters = Filters.newBuilder().setRefuseSeconds(1).build() // TODO: lower timeout?
         for (i <- 0 until offers.size) {
-          d.launchTasks(offers(i).getId, mesosTasks(i), filters)
+          d.launchTasks(Collections.singletonList(offers(i).getId), mesosTasks(i), filters)
         }
       }
     } finally {
diff --git a/docs/_config.yml b/docs/_config.yml
index d585b8c5ea763..bd5ed6c9220d2 100644
--- a/docs/_config.yml
+++ b/docs/_config.yml
@@ -7,6 +7,6 @@ SPARK_VERSION: 1.0.0-SNAPSHOT
 SPARK_VERSION_SHORT: 1.0.0
 SCALA_BINARY_VERSION: "2.10"
 SCALA_VERSION: "2.10.4"
-MESOS_VERSION: 0.13.0
+MESOS_VERSION: 0.17.0
 SPARK_ISSUE_TRACKER_URL: https://spark-project.atlassian.net
 SPARK_GITHUB_URL: https://github.com/apache/spark
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index c03bb35c99442..11511bcb9da52 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@
 
     <scala.version>2.10.4</scala.version>
     <scala.binary.version>2.10</scala.binary.version>
-    <mesos.version>0.13.0</mesos.version>
+    <mesos.version>0.17.0</mesos.version>
     <akka.group>org.spark-project.akka</akka.group>
     <akka.version>2.2.3-shaded-protobuf</akka.version>
     <slf4j.version>1.7.5</slf4j.version>
@@ -848,7 +848,7 @@
       </modules>
 
     </profile>
-    
+
    <!-- Build without Hadoop dependencies that are included in some runtime environments. -->
     <profile>
       <id>hadoop-provided</id>
@@ -893,6 +893,6 @@
         </dependency>
       </dependencies>
     </profile>
-    
+
   </profiles>
 </project>
diff --git a/project/SparkBuild.scala b/project/SparkBuild.scala
index d1e4b8b964b88..b1f3ddc47b4c3 100644
--- a/project/SparkBuild.scala
+++ b/project/SparkBuild.scala
@@ -331,7 +331,7 @@ object SparkBuild extends Build {
         "org.json4s"                %% "json4s-jackson"   % "3.2.6" excludeAll(excludeScalap),
         "it.unimi.dsi"               % "fastutil"         % "6.4.4",
         "colt"                       % "colt"             % "1.2.0",
-        "org.apache.mesos"           % "mesos"            % "0.13.0",
+        "org.apache.mesos"           % "mesos"            % "0.17.0",
         "commons-net"                % "commons-net"      % "2.2",
         "net.java.dev.jets3t"        % "jets3t"           % "0.7.1" excludeAll(excludeCommonsLogging),
         "org.apache.derby"           % "derby"            % "10.4.2.0"                     % "test",