diff --git a/project/Build.scala b/project/Build.scala
index d3e4a80a88..42842c31fd 100644
--- a/project/Build.scala
+++ b/project/Build.scala
@@ -240,7 +240,7 @@ object ScaldingBuild extends Build {
   lazy val scaldingDate = module("date")
 
   lazy val cascadingVersion =
-    System.getenv.asScala.getOrElse("SCALDING_CASCADING_VERSION", "2.6.1")
+    System.getenv.asScala.getOrElse("SCALDING_CASCADING_VERSION", "2.6.3")
 
   lazy val cascadingJDBCVersion =
     System.getenv.asScala.getOrElse("SCALDING_CASCADING_JDBC_VERSION", "2.6.0")