diff --git a/MATLAB/software/node2vec/node2vec_spark/pom.xml b/MATLAB/software/node2vec/node2vec_spark/pom.xml
index b958576..c1b232a 100644
--- a/MATLAB/software/node2vec/node2vec_spark/pom.xml
+++ b/MATLAB/software/node2vec/node2vec_spark/pom.xml
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.spark</groupId>
             <artifactId>spark-core_${scala.binary.version}</artifactId>
-            <version>1.6.1</version>
+            <version>2.2.2</version>
             <scope>provided</scope>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>