diff --git a/hadoop-client/pom.xml b/hadoop-client/pom.xml
index 1cf170b4f0..6eecfc07ae 100644
--- a/hadoop-client/pom.xml
+++ b/hadoop-client/pom.xml
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
    <groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>
    <artifactId>hadoop-project-dist</artifactId>
    <version>0.24.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
-   <relativePath>../../hadoop-project-dist</relativePath>
+   <relativePath>../hadoop-project-dist</relativePath>
  </parent>
   <groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>
   <artifactId>hadoop-client</artifactId>