diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 12814fe..93670b0 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 
     <properties>
         <version.wildfly-swarm>2018.1.0</version.wildfly-swarm>
-        <version.spark>2.2.0</version.spark>
+        <version.spark>2.4.5</version.spark>
         <version.hadoop>2.7.3</version.hadoop>
         <maven.compiler.source>1.8</maven.compiler.source>
         <maven.compiler.target>1.8</maven.compiler.target>