diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 7d3ec2025c6b..b490e116e9e7 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -399,7 +399,7 @@
         <version.org.apache.openjpa>3.1.2</version.org.apache.openjpa>
         <version.org.apache.qpid.proton>0.33.2</version.org.apache.qpid.proton>
         <version.org.apache.santuario>2.3.0</version.org.apache.santuario>
-        <version.org.apache.thrift>0.14.1</version.org.apache.thrift>
+        <version.org.apache.thrift>0.16.0</version.org.apache.thrift>
         <version.org.apache.velocity>2.3</version.org.apache.velocity>
         <version.org.apache.ws.security>2.4.1</version.org.apache.ws.security>
         <version.org.apache.ws.xmlschema>2.3.0</version.org.apache.ws.xmlschema>