diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index cda9775..4e44b65 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>com.sparkjava</groupId>
 			<artifactId>spark-core</artifactId>
-			<version>2.5</version>
+			<version>2.8.0</version>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>com.j256.ormlite</groupId>