diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 6d4f717d4931b..24edf9f966b35 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@
     <yarn.version>${hadoop.version}</yarn.version>
     <hbase.version>0.98.7-hadoop2</hbase.version>
     <hbase.artifact>hbase</hbase.artifact>
-    <flume.version>1.4.0</flume.version>
+    <flume.version>1.6.0</flume.version>
     <zookeeper.version>3.4.5</zookeeper.version>
     <curator.version>2.4.0</curator.version>
     <hive.group>org.spark-project.hive</hive.group>