diff --git a/minigoogle/pom.xml b/minigoogle/pom.xml
index fb6039e..3568201 100644
--- a/minigoogle/pom.xml
+++ b/minigoogle/pom.xml
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.spark</groupId>
             <artifactId>spark-core_2.12</artifactId>
-            <version>2.4.4</version>
+            <version>3.4.0</version>
         </dependency>
         <!-- https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/org.apache.spark/spark-sql -->
         <dependency>