diff --git a/src/it/spark-tester/pom.xml b/src/it/spark-tester/pom.xml
index eeeae73..3b65678 100644
--- a/src/it/spark-tester/pom.xml
+++ b/src/it/spark-tester/pom.xml
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>com.sparkjava</groupId>
             <artifactId>spark-core</artifactId>
-            <version>2.3</version>
+            <version>2.7.2</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>