diff --git a/sdks/java/extensions/sql/hcatalog/build.gradle b/sdks/java/extensions/sql/hcatalog/build.gradle
index e8abf21b7c3e..3945c2cfb424 100644
--- a/sdks/java/extensions/sql/hcatalog/build.gradle
+++ b/sdks/java/extensions/sql/hcatalog/build.gradle
@@ -25,8 +25,8 @@ applyJavaNature(
   ],
 )
 
-def hive_version = "3.1.3"
-def netty_version = "4.1.51.Final"
+def hive_version = "4.0.1"
+def netty_version = "4.1.82.Final"  // in sync with hive-exec's dependency
 
 /*
  * We need to rely on manually specifying these evaluationDependsOn to ensure that
diff --git a/sdks/java/io/hcatalog/build.gradle b/sdks/java/io/hcatalog/build.gradle
index d07904f3465e..10ba0e167352 100644
--- a/sdks/java/io/hcatalog/build.gradle
+++ b/sdks/java/io/hcatalog/build.gradle
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ def hadoopVersions = [
 
 hadoopVersions.each {kv -> configurations.create("hadoopVersion$kv.key")}
 
-def hive_version = "3.1.3"
+def hive_version = "4.0.1"
 
 dependencies {
   implementation library.java.vendored_guava_32_1_2_jre
diff --git a/sdks/java/io/hcatalog/src/test/java/org/apache/beam/sdk/io/hcatalog/test/EmbeddedMetastoreService.java b/sdks/java/io/hcatalog/src/test/java/org/apache/beam/sdk/io/hcatalog/test/EmbeddedMetastoreService.java
index f68f969f29b9..1f0774a92c92 100644
--- a/sdks/java/io/hcatalog/src/test/java/org/apache/beam/sdk/io/hcatalog/test/EmbeddedMetastoreService.java
+++ b/sdks/java/io/hcatalog/src/test/java/org/apache/beam/sdk/io/hcatalog/test/EmbeddedMetastoreService.java
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
 import org.apache.hadoop.hive.conf.HiveConf;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.DriverFactory;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.IDriver;
-import org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.processors.CommandProcessorResponse;
+import org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.processors.CommandProcessorException;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.session.SessionState;
 
 /**
@@ -58,11 +58,11 @@ public EmbeddedMetastoreService(String baseDirPath) throws IOException {
     String testWarehouseDirPath = makePathASafeFileName(testDataDirPath + "/warehouse");
 
     hiveConf = new HiveConf(getClass());
-    hiveConf.setVar(HiveConf.ConfVars.PREEXECHOOKS, "");
-    hiveConf.setVar(HiveConf.ConfVars.POSTEXECHOOKS, "");
+    hiveConf.setVar(HiveConf.ConfVars.PRE_EXEC_HOOKS, "");
+    hiveConf.setVar(HiveConf.ConfVars.POST_EXEC_HOOKS, "");
     hiveConf.setBoolVar(HiveConf.ConfVars.HIVE_SUPPORT_CONCURRENCY, false);
-    hiveConf.setVar(HiveConf.ConfVars.METASTOREWAREHOUSE, testWarehouseDirPath);
-    hiveConf.setBoolVar(HiveConf.ConfVars.HIVEOPTIMIZEMETADATAQUERIES, true);
+    hiveConf.setVar(HiveConf.ConfVars.METASTORE_WAREHOUSE, testWarehouseDirPath);
+    hiveConf.setBoolVar(HiveConf.ConfVars.HIVE_OPTIMIZE_METADATA_QUERIES, true);
     hiveConf.setVar(
         HiveConf.ConfVars.HIVE_AUTHORIZATION_MANAGER,
         "org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.security.authorization.DefaultHiveAuthorizationProvider");
@@ -75,9 +75,10 @@ public EmbeddedMetastoreService(String baseDirPath) throws IOException {
 
   /** Executes the passed query on the embedded metastore service. */
   public void executeQuery(String query) {
-    CommandProcessorResponse response = driver.run(query);
-    if (response.failed()) {
-      throw new RuntimeException(response.getException());
+    try {
+      driver.run(query);
+    } catch (CommandProcessorException e) {
+      throw new RuntimeException(e);
     }
   }
 
diff --git a/sdks/java/io/iceberg/build.gradle b/sdks/java/io/iceberg/build.gradle
index d84205791d48..efd4e63c5868 100644
--- a/sdks/java/io/iceberg/build.gradle
+++ b/sdks/java/io/iceberg/build.gradle
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ hadoopVersions.each {kv -> configurations.create("hadoopVersion$kv.key")}
 def iceberg_version = "1.6.1"
 def parquet_version = "1.12.0"
 def orc_version = "1.9.2"
-def hive_version = "3.1.3"
+def hive_version = "4.0.1"
 
 dependencies {
     implementation library.java.vendored_guava_32_1_2_jre
diff --git a/sdks/java/io/iceberg/hive/build.gradle b/sdks/java/io/iceberg/hive/build.gradle
index 7d93a4026775..dabdc485f62f 100644
--- a/sdks/java/io/iceberg/hive/build.gradle
+++ b/sdks/java/io/iceberg/hive/build.gradle
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-import groovy.json.JsonOutput
-
 /*
  * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
  * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
@@ -27,7 +25,7 @@ applyJavaNature(
 description = "Apache Beam :: SDKs :: Java :: IO :: Iceberg :: Hive"
 ext.summary = "Runtime dependencies needed for Hive catalog integration."
 
-def hive_version = "3.1.3"
+def hive_version = "4.0.1"
 def hbase_version = "2.6.1-hadoop3"
 def hadoop_version = "3.4.1"
 def iceberg_version = "1.6.1"