diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index f4eb216..f36fa1d 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.pig</groupId>
             <artifactId>pig</artifactId>
-            <version>0.16.0</version>
+            <version>0.17.0</version>
             <exclusions>
             <exclusion>
                 <artifactId>org.mortbay.jetty</artifactId>