diff --git a/libthrift/pom.xml b/libthrift/pom.xml
index 3a5e5160..708c5f38 100644
--- a/libthrift/pom.xml
+++ b/libthrift/pom.xml
@@ -43,7 +43,8 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.thrift</groupId>
       <artifactId>libthrift</artifactId>
-      <version>0.19.0</version>
+      <!-- versions after this break compatability -->
+      <version>0.13.0</version>
     </dependency>
 
     <dependency>