diff --git a/spark-template-mvel/pom.xml b/spark-template-mvel/pom.xml
index b53db61..8068f4d 100644
--- a/spark-template-mvel/pom.xml
+++ b/spark-template-mvel/pom.xml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 
     <properties>
         <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
-        <spark.version>2.5.5</spark.version>
+        <spark.version>2.7.2</spark.version>
         <junit.version>4.12</junit.version>
     </properties>