diff --git a/spark-template-water/pom.xml b/spark-template-water/pom.xml
index afbfc8b..c0665b6 100644
--- a/spark-template-water/pom.xml
+++ b/spark-template-water/pom.xml
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
 
     <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>