diff --git a/adam-apis/pom.xml b/adam-apis/pom.xml
index 70bddc4ef1..63f0b8ad42 100644
--- a/adam-apis/pom.xml
+++ b/adam-apis/pom.xml
@@ -3,14 +3,14 @@
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.bdgenomics.adam</groupId>
-    <artifactId>adam-parent_2.10</artifactId>
+    <artifactId>adam-parent_2.11</artifactId>
     <version>0.18.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
     <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
   </parent>
 
-  <artifactId>adam-apis_2.10</artifactId>
+  <artifactId>adam-apis_2.11</artifactId>
   <packaging>jar</packaging>
-  <name>ADAM_2.10: APIs for Java</name>
+  <name>ADAM_2.11: APIs for Java</name>
   <build>
     <plugins>
       <!-- disable surefire -->
@@ -95,11 +95,11 @@
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.spark</groupId>
-      <artifactId>spark-core_2.10</artifactId>
+      <artifactId>spark-core_2.11</artifactId>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.bdgenomics.utils</groupId>
-      <artifactId>utils-misc_2.10</artifactId>
+      <artifactId>utils-misc_2.11</artifactId>
       <type>test-jar</type>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
@@ -109,11 +109,11 @@
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.bdgenomics.adam</groupId>
-      <artifactId>adam-core_2.10</artifactId>
+      <artifactId>adam-core_2.11</artifactId>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.bdgenomics.adam</groupId>
-      <artifactId>adam-core_2.10</artifactId>
+      <artifactId>adam-core_2.11</artifactId>
       <type>test-jar</type>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.scalatest</groupId>
-      <artifactId>scalatest_2.10</artifactId>
+      <artifactId>scalatest_2.11</artifactId>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
   </dependencies>
diff --git a/adam-cli/pom.xml b/adam-cli/pom.xml
index ba6d85b782..b0a6ee7e0a 100644
--- a/adam-cli/pom.xml
+++ b/adam-cli/pom.xml
@@ -3,14 +3,14 @@
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.bdgenomics.adam</groupId>
-    <artifactId>adam-parent_2.10</artifactId>
+    <artifactId>adam-parent_2.11</artifactId>
     <version>0.18.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
     <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
   </parent>
 
-  <artifactId>adam-cli_2.10</artifactId>
+  <artifactId>adam-cli_2.11</artifactId>
   <packaging>jar</packaging>
-  <name>ADAM_2.10: CLI</name>
+  <name>ADAM_2.11: CLI</name>
   <properties>
     <maven.build.timestamp>${maven.build.timestamp}</maven.build.timestamp>
     <maven.build.timestamp.format>yyyy-MM-dd</maven.build.timestamp.format>
@@ -140,29 +140,29 @@
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.spark</groupId>
-      <artifactId>spark-core_2.10</artifactId>
+      <artifactId>spark-core_2.11</artifactId>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.bdgenomics.utils</groupId>
-      <artifactId>utils-misc_2.10</artifactId>
+      <artifactId>utils-misc_2.11</artifactId>
       <type>test-jar</type>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.bdgenomics.utils</groupId>
-      <artifactId>utils-io_2.10</artifactId>
+      <artifactId>utils-io_2.11</artifactId>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.bdgenomics.utils</groupId>
-      <artifactId>utils-cli_2.10</artifactId>
+      <artifactId>utils-cli_2.11</artifactId>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.bdgenomics.utils</groupId>
-      <artifactId>utils-metrics_2.10</artifactId>
+      <artifactId>utils-metrics_2.11</artifactId>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.scoverage</groupId>
-      <artifactId>scalac-scoverage-plugin_2.10</artifactId>
+      <artifactId>scalac-scoverage-plugin_2.11</artifactId>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.bdgenomics.bdg-formats</groupId>
@@ -170,21 +170,21 @@
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.bdgenomics.adam</groupId>
-      <artifactId>adam-core_2.10</artifactId>
+      <artifactId>adam-core_2.11</artifactId>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.bdgenomics.adam</groupId>
-      <artifactId>adam-core_2.10</artifactId>
+      <artifactId>adam-core_2.11</artifactId>
       <type>test-jar</type>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.bdgenomics.adam</groupId>
-      <artifactId>adam-apis_2.10</artifactId>
+      <artifactId>adam-apis_2.11</artifactId>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.bdgenomics.adam</groupId>
-      <artifactId>adam-apis_2.10</artifactId>
+      <artifactId>adam-apis_2.11</artifactId>
       <type>test-jar</type>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
@@ -202,12 +202,12 @@
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.scalatest</groupId>
-      <artifactId>scalatest_2.10</artifactId>
+      <artifactId>scalatest_2.11</artifactId>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>net.codingwell</groupId>
-      <artifactId>scala-guice_2.10</artifactId>
+      <artifactId>scala-guice_2.11</artifactId>
     </dependency>
   </dependencies>
   <profiles>
diff --git a/adam-core/pom.xml b/adam-core/pom.xml
index 4b182d05aa..b036314e63 100644
--- a/adam-core/pom.xml
+++ b/adam-core/pom.xml
@@ -3,14 +3,14 @@
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.bdgenomics.adam</groupId>
-    <artifactId>adam-parent_2.10</artifactId>
+    <artifactId>adam-parent_2.11</artifactId>
     <version>0.18.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
     <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
   </parent>
 
-  <artifactId>adam-core_2.10</artifactId>
+  <artifactId>adam-core_2.11</artifactId>
   <packaging>jar</packaging>
-  <name>ADAM_2.10: Core</name>
+  <name>ADAM_2.11: Core</name>
   <build>
     <plugins>
       <!-- disable surefire -->
@@ -91,21 +91,21 @@
   <dependencies>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.bdgenomics.utils</groupId>
-      <artifactId>utils-misc_2.10</artifactId>
+      <artifactId>utils-misc_2.11</artifactId>
       <type>test-jar</type>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.bdgenomics.utils</groupId>
-      <artifactId>utils-metrics_2.10</artifactId>
+      <artifactId>utils-metrics_2.11</artifactId>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.bdgenomics.utils</groupId>
-      <artifactId>utils-io_2.10</artifactId>
+      <artifactId>utils-io_2.11</artifactId>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.bdgenomics.utils</groupId>
-      <artifactId>utils-cli_2.10</artifactId>
+      <artifactId>utils-cli_2.11</artifactId>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.esotericsoftware.kryo</groupId>
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.scoverage</groupId>
-      <artifactId>scalac-scoverage-plugin_2.10</artifactId>
+      <artifactId>scalac-scoverage-plugin_2.11</artifactId>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.bdgenomics.bdg-formats</groupId>
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.spark</groupId>
-      <artifactId>spark-core_2.10</artifactId>
+      <artifactId>spark-core_2.11</artifactId>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>it.unimi.dsi</groupId>
@@ -165,7 +165,7 @@
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.scalatest</groupId>
-      <artifactId>scalatest_2.10</artifactId>
+      <artifactId>scalatest_2.11</artifactId>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
diff --git a/distribution/pom.xml b/distribution/pom.xml
index 14908ae1f8..a013735bb9 100644
--- a/distribution/pom.xml
+++ b/distribution/pom.xml
@@ -3,14 +3,14 @@
     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.bdgenomics.adam</groupId>
-        <artifactId>adam-parent_2.10</artifactId>
+        <artifactId>adam-parent_2.11</artifactId>
         <version>0.18.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
         <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
     </parent>
 
-    <artifactId>adam-distribution_2.10</artifactId>
+    <artifactId>adam-distribution_2.11</artifactId>
     <packaging>pom</packaging>
-    <name>ADAM_2.10: Distribution</name>
+    <name>ADAM_2.11: Distribution</name>
     <build>
         <plugins>
 			<!--
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 6519abd72a..0d803e6359 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -9,10 +9,10 @@
 
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <groupId>org.bdgenomics.adam</groupId>
-  <artifactId>adam-parent_2.10</artifactId>
+  <artifactId>adam-parent_2.11</artifactId>
   <version>0.18.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
   <packaging>pom</packaging>
-  <name>ADAM_2.10</name>
+  <name>ADAM_2.11</name>
   <description>A fast, scalable genome analysis system</description>
   <url>http://bdgenomics.org/</url>
 
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
     <java.version>1.7</java.version>
     <avro.version>1.7.7</avro.version>
     <!-- informative only, used in about template substitution -->
-    <scala.version>2.10</scala.version>
+    <scala.version>2.11</scala.version>
     <spark.version>1.5.2</spark.version>
     <parquet.version>1.8.1</parquet.version>
     <!-- Edit the following line to configure the Hadoop (HDFS) version. -->
@@ -65,8 +65,8 @@
   </issueManagement>
 
   <build>
-    <outputDirectory>target/scala-2.10.4/classes</outputDirectory>
-    <testOutputDirectory>target/scala-2.10.4/test-classes</testOutputDirectory>
+    <outputDirectory>target/scala-2.11.4/classes</outputDirectory>
+    <testOutputDirectory>target/scala-2.11.4/test-classes</testOutputDirectory>
     <pluginManagement>
       <plugins>
         <plugin>
@@ -259,7 +259,7 @@
           </execution>
         </executions>
         <configuration>
-          <scalaVersion>2.10.4</scalaVersion>
+          <scalaVersion>2.11.4</scalaVersion>
           <useZincServer>true</useZincServer>
           <args>
             <arg>-unchecked</arg>
@@ -310,7 +310,7 @@
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.scoverage</groupId>
-        <artifactId>scalac-scoverage-plugin_2.10</artifactId>
+        <artifactId>scalac-scoverage-plugin_2.11</artifactId>
         <version>${scoverage.version}</version>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
@@ -331,35 +331,35 @@
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.scala-lang</groupId>
         <artifactId>scala-library</artifactId>
-        <version>2.10.4</version>
+        <version>2.11.4</version>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.bdgenomics.adam</groupId>
-        <artifactId>adam-core_2.10</artifactId>
+        <artifactId>adam-core_2.11</artifactId>
         <version>${project.version}</version>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.bdgenomics.adam</groupId>
-        <artifactId>adam-core_2.10</artifactId>
+        <artifactId>adam-core_2.11</artifactId>
         <version>${project.version}</version>
         <type>test-jar</type>
         <scope>test</scope>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.bdgenomics.adam</groupId>
-        <artifactId>adam-apis_2.10</artifactId>
+        <artifactId>adam-apis_2.11</artifactId>
         <version>${project.version}</version>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.bdgenomics.adam</groupId>
-        <artifactId>adam-apis_2.10</artifactId>
+        <artifactId>adam-apis_2.11</artifactId>
         <version>${project.version}</version>
         <type>test-jar</type>
         <scope>test</scope>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.bdgenomics.utils</groupId>
-        <artifactId>utils-misc_2.10</artifactId>
+        <artifactId>utils-misc_2.11</artifactId>
         <version>${utils.version}</version>
         <type>test-jar</type>
         <scope>test</scope>
@@ -372,12 +372,12 @@
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.bdgenomics.utils</groupId>
-        <artifactId>utils-cli_2.10</artifactId>
+        <artifactId>utils-cli_2.11</artifactId>
         <version>${utils.version}</version>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.bdgenomics.utils</groupId>
-        <artifactId>utils-io_2.10</artifactId>
+        <artifactId>utils-io_2.11</artifactId>
         <version>${utils.version}</version>
         <exclusions>
           <exclusion>
@@ -388,7 +388,7 @@
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.bdgenomics.utils</groupId>
-        <artifactId>utils-metrics_2.10</artifactId>
+        <artifactId>utils-metrics_2.11</artifactId>
         <version>${utils.version}</version>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
@@ -425,7 +425,7 @@
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.apache.spark</groupId>
-        <artifactId>spark-core_2.10</artifactId>
+        <artifactId>spark-core_2.11</artifactId>
         <version>${spark.version}</version>
         <scope>provided</scope>
         <exclusions>
@@ -483,7 +483,7 @@
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.scalatest</groupId>
-        <artifactId>scalatest_2.10</artifactId>
+        <artifactId>scalatest_2.11</artifactId>
         <version>2.2.5</version>
         <scope>test</scope>
       </dependency>
@@ -521,7 +521,7 @@
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>net.codingwell</groupId>
-        <artifactId>scala-guice_2.10</artifactId>
+        <artifactId>scala-guice_2.11</artifactId>
         <version>4.0.0</version>
       </dependency>
     </dependencies>
@@ -642,7 +642,7 @@
               </execution>
             </executions>
             <configuration>
-              <scalaVersion>2.10.4</scalaVersion>
+              <scalaVersion>2.11.4</scalaVersion>
               <useZincServer>true</useZincServer>
               <args>
                 <arg>-unchecked</arg>
@@ -664,7 +664,7 @@
               <compilerPlugins>
                 <compilerPlugin>
                   <groupId>org.scoverage</groupId>
-                  <artifactId>scalac-scoverage-plugin_2.10</artifactId>
+                  <artifactId>scalac-scoverage-plugin_2.11</artifactId>
                   <version>${scoverage.version}</version>
                 </compilerPlugin>
               </compilerPlugins>