diff --git a/hyracks-hadoop-compat/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/hadoop/compat/client/HyracksClient.java b/hyracks-hadoop-compat/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/hadoop/compat/client/HyracksClient.java
index 81e9f84..eadf679 100644
--- a/hyracks-hadoop-compat/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/hadoop/compat/client/HyracksClient.java
+++ b/hyracks-hadoop-compat/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/hadoop/compat/client/HyracksClient.java
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 
     private void initialize(Properties properties) throws Exception {
         String clusterController = (String) properties.get(ConfigurationConstants.clusterControllerHost);
-        connection = new HyracksConnection(clusterController, 1099);
+        connection = new HyracksConnection(clusterController, 1098);
         systemLibs = new HashSet<String>();
         for (String systemLib : ConfigurationConstants.systemLibs) {
             String systemLibPath = properties.getProperty(systemLib);