diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 51d4638..9c97309 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.spark</groupId>
             <artifactId>spark-core_2.12</artifactId>
-            <version>2.4.4</version>
+            <version>3.4.0</version>
         </dependency>
 
         <!-- Spark Streaming Starts here -->