diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 01730de96bfb98c9709f7c3c69e6b348f8ea4267..985569a9c82db02f9e2fc7a16ac750a1408337a2 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@
         <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
         <metamx.java-util.version>0.25.5</metamx.java-util.version>
         <apache.curator.version>2.4.0</apache.curator.version>
-        <druid.api.version>0.1.12</druid.api.version>
+        <druid.api.version>0.1.13</druid.api.version>
     </properties>
 
     <modules>
diff --git a/server/src/main/java/io/druid/server/coordinator/DruidCoordinatorRuntimeParams.java b/server/src/main/java/io/druid/server/coordinator/DruidCoordinatorRuntimeParams.java
index e85421f510c8503f2a22631d98420dea29a4db52..cd39043be1c127a76457baa611e3b095539d8611 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/io/druid/server/coordinator/DruidCoordinatorRuntimeParams.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/io/druid/server/coordinator/DruidCoordinatorRuntimeParams.java
@@ -205,7 +205,7 @@ public class DruidCoordinatorRuntimeParams
       this.emitter = null;
       this.stats = new CoordinatorStats();
       this.coordinatorDynamicConfig = new CoordinatorDynamicConfig.Builder().build();
-      this.balancerReferenceTimestamp = null;
+      this.balancerReferenceTimestamp = DateTime.now();
       this.strategyFactory = new CostBalancerStrategyFactory(1);
     }