diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 8e71e63..26e192a 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>com.sparkjava</groupId>
 			<artifactId>spark-core</artifactId>
-			<version>2.5</version>
+			<version>2.7.2</version>
 		</dependency>
 
 		<dependency>