Index: shims/src/common/java/org/apache/hadoop/hive/shims/ShimLoader.java =================================================================== --- shims/src/common/java/org/apache/hadoop/hive/shims/ShimLoader.java (revision 1152529) +++ shims/src/common/java/org/apache/hadoop/hive/shims/ShimLoader.java (working copy) @@ -108,7 +108,8 @@ * (e.g "0.18" or "0.20") */ public static String getMajorVersion() { - String vers = VersionInfo.getVersion(); + // Get Hadoop version info and remove suffix starts with '-' + String vers = VersionInfo.getVersion().split("-")[0]; String[] parts = vers.split("\\."); if (parts.length < 2) {