diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 7d96185775..1d0cb6a2f9 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -585,7 +585,7 @@
         <hadoop.major.version>2</hadoop.major.version>
         <!-- 0.23.* is same as 2.0.* - except hardened to run production jobs -->
         <!-- <yarn.version>0.23.7</yarn.version> -->
-        <yarn.version>2.0.2-alpha</yarn.version>
+        <yarn.version>2.0.5-alpha</yarn.version>
       </properties>
 
       <repositories>