diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 4bb5b82..a828e00 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.apache.spark</groupId>
 			<artifactId>spark-core_2.10</artifactId>
-			<version>1.6.2</version>
+			<version>2.2.2</version>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>com.googlecode.json-simple</groupId>