diff --git a/examples/pom.xml b/examples/pom.xml
index 3e5271ec2f..78ec58729b 100644
--- a/examples/pom.xml
+++ b/examples/pom.xml
@@ -193,6 +193,11 @@
           <artifactId>hadoop-yarn-common</artifactId>
           <scope>provided</scope>
         </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+          <groupId>org.apache.hbase</groupId>
+          <artifactId>hbase</artifactId>
+          <version>0.94.6</version>
+        </dependency>
       </dependencies>
       <build>
         <plugins>