diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 55d82ad298def727a78a79804d15f0460cd10ed6..d324b5f0ec93aca33cb82bae3749a9e05ffbdae3 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -136,6 +136,7 @@
     <jblas.version>1.2.3</jblas.version>
     <jetty.version>8.1.14.v20131031</jetty.version>
     <chill.version>0.5.0</chill.version>
+    <kryo.version>2.24.0</kryo.version>
     <ivy.version>2.4.0</ivy.version>
     <oro.version>2.0.8</oro.version>
     <codahale.metrics.version>3.1.0</codahale.metrics.version>
@@ -340,7 +341,13 @@
           </exclusion>
         </exclusions>
       </dependency>
- 
+      <!-- Bump kryo version (included via chill) due to SPARK-5607 -->
+      <dependency>
+        <groupId>com.esotericsoftware.kryo</groupId>
+        <artifactId>kryo</artifactId>
+        <version>${kryo.version}</version>
+      </dependency>
+
       <!-- Shaded deps marked as provided. These are promoted to compile scope
            in the modules where we want the shaded classes to appear in the
            associated jar. -->