diff --git a/build.sbt b/build.sbt
index 606cf18c5..2074ca611 100644
--- a/build.sbt
+++ b/build.sbt
@@ -373,7 +373,7 @@ lazy val bijectionHbase = {
     .settings(
       osgiExportAll("com.twitter.bijection.hbase"),
       libraryDependencies ++= Seq(
-        "org.apache.hbase" % "hbase" % "0.94.27" % "provided->default" exclude ("org.jruby", "jruby-complete"),
+        "org.apache.hbase" % "hbase" % "0.99.2" % "provided->default" exclude ("org.jruby", "jruby-complete"),
         "org.apache.hadoop" % "hadoop-core" % "1.2.1" % "provided->default"
       )
     )