diff --git a/modules/kobalt-plugin-api/pom.xml b/modules/kobalt-plugin-api/pom.xml
index 2615d3af..2e0dfa4c 100644
--- a/modules/kobalt-plugin-api/pom.xml
+++ b/modules/kobalt-plugin-api/pom.xml
@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>com.sparkjava</groupId>
             <artifactId>spark-core</artifactId>
-            <version>2.6.0</version>
+            <version>2.7.2</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.codehaus.groovy</groupId>