diff --git a/CHANGES.md b/CHANGES.md
index 654512c3a4e2..a5d0cca0b559 100644
--- a/CHANGES.md
+++ b/CHANGES.md
@@ -63,6 +63,7 @@
 ## I/Os
 
 * Support for X source added (Java/Python) ([#X](https://github.com/apache/beam/issues/X)).
+* Upgraded the default version of Hadoop dependencies to 3.4.1. Hadoop 2.10.2 is still supported (Java) ([#33011](https://github.com/apache/beam/issues/33011)).
 
 ## New Features / Improvements
 
diff --git a/buildSrc/src/main/groovy/org/apache/beam/gradle/BeamModulePlugin.groovy b/buildSrc/src/main/groovy/org/apache/beam/gradle/BeamModulePlugin.groovy
index 84c7c3ecfd4a..2abd43a5d4cc 100644
--- a/buildSrc/src/main/groovy/org/apache/beam/gradle/BeamModulePlugin.groovy
+++ b/buildSrc/src/main/groovy/org/apache/beam/gradle/BeamModulePlugin.groovy
@@ -614,7 +614,7 @@ class BeamModulePlugin implements Plugin<Project> {
     // [bomupgrader] determined by: io.grpc:grpc-netty, consistent with: google_cloud_platform_libraries_bom
     def grpc_version = "1.67.1"
     def guava_version = "33.1.0-jre"
-    def hadoop_version = "2.10.2"
+    def hadoop_version = "3.4.1"
     def hamcrest_version = "2.1"
     def influxdb_version = "2.19"
     def httpclient_version = "4.5.13"