diff --git a/scala/perf/pom.xml b/scala/perf/pom.xml
index 71f7a6dc..41f8e9cd 100644
--- a/scala/perf/pom.xml
+++ b/scala/perf/pom.xml
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
     <maven.compiler.target>1.5</maven.compiler.target>
     <encoding>UTF-8</encoding>
     <scala.version>2.11.8</scala.version>
-    <spark.version>2.0.2</spark.version>
+    <spark.version>2.4.8</spark.version>
     <scala.binary.version>2.11</scala.binary.version>
   </properties>