diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 18e28265cf..d2dff36b98 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@
     <!-- scala.binary.version is used for projects that fetch dependencies that are in scala -->
     <scala.binary.version>2.10</scala.binary.version>
     <scala.maven.test.skip>false</scala.maven.test.skip>
-    <pig.version>0.17.0</pig.version>
+    <pig.version>0.19.0</pig.version>
     <thrift-maven-plugin.version>0.10.0</thrift-maven-plugin.version>
     <thrift.version>0.12.0</thrift.version>
     <format.thrift.version>0.12.0</format.thrift.version>