diff --git a/hivesterix/hivesterix-runtime/pom.xml b/hivesterix/hivesterix-runtime/pom.xml
index 77db0d4..9c66cf4 100644
--- a/hivesterix/hivesterix-runtime/pom.xml
+++ b/hivesterix/hivesterix-runtime/pom.xml
@@ -1,13 +1,18 @@
-<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
-	xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
+<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
 	<modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
 	<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
 	<artifactId>hivesterix-runtime</artifactId>
-	<version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+	<version>0.2.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
 	<name>hivesterix-runtime</name>
 
+	<parent>
+                <groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
+                <artifactId>hivesterix</artifactId>
+                <version>0.2.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        </parent>
+
 	<dependencies>
-		<dependency>
+        <dependency>
 			<groupId>javax.servlet</groupId>
 			<artifactId>servlet-api</artifactId>
 			<version>2.5</version>
@@ -49,11 +54,6 @@
 			<scope>compile</scope>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
-			<groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>
-			<artifactId>hadoop-core</artifactId>
-			<version>0.20.2</version>
-		</dependency>
-		<dependency>
 			<groupId>jline</groupId>
 			<artifactId>jline</artifactId>
 			<version>0.9.94</version>
@@ -238,13 +238,6 @@
 			<scope>compile</scope>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
-			<groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>
-			<artifactId>hadoop-test</artifactId>
-			<version>0.20.2</version>
-			<type>jar</type>
-			<scope>compile</scope>
-		</dependency>
-		<dependency>
 			<groupId>commons-logging</groupId>
 			<artifactId>commons-logging</artifactId>
 			<version>1.1.1</version>
@@ -283,35 +276,35 @@
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
 			<artifactId>algebricks-compiler</artifactId>
-			<version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+			<version>0.2.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
 			<type>jar</type>
 			<scope>compile</scope>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
 			<artifactId>hyracks-control-cc</artifactId>
-			<version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+			<version>0.2.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
 			<type>jar</type>
 			<scope>compile</scope>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
 			<artifactId>hyracks-control-nc</artifactId>
-			<version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+			<version>0.2.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
 			<type>jar</type>
 			<scope>compile</scope>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
 			<artifactId>hivesterix-serde</artifactId>
-			<version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+			<version>0.2.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
 			<type>jar</type>
 			<scope>compile</scope>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
 			<artifactId>hivesterix-common</artifactId>
-			<version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+			<version>0.2.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
 			<type>jar</type>
 			<scope>compile</scope>
 		</dependency>