diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index d9e5ff98e28..40daa9c9d31 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@
     <netty.version>4.0.23.Final</netty.version>
     <commons-codec.version>1.7</commons-codec.version>
     <htrace.version>3.1.0-incubating</htrace.version>
-    <collections.version>3.2.1</collections.version>
+    <collections.version>3.2.2</collections.version>
     <!-- Do not change jodatime.version until HBASE-15199 is fixed -->
     <jodatime.version>1.6</jodatime.version>
     <joni.version>2.1.2</joni.version>