diff --git a/jOOQ-examples/jOOQ-spark-chart-example/pom.xml b/jOOQ-examples/jOOQ-spark-chart-example/pom.xml
index 6bf4bf6337..9b80af30f3 100644
--- a/jOOQ-examples/jOOQ-spark-chart-example/pom.xml
+++ b/jOOQ-examples/jOOQ-spark-chart-example/pom.xml
@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>com.sparkjava</groupId>
             <artifactId>spark-core</artifactId>
-            <version>2.5</version>
+            <version>2.8.0</version>
         </dependency>
 
         <dependency>
diff --git a/jOOQ-examples/jOOQ-spark-example/pom.xml b/jOOQ-examples/jOOQ-spark-example/pom.xml
index bf24fdfbce..c5d3ed121e 100644
--- a/jOOQ-examples/jOOQ-spark-example/pom.xml
+++ b/jOOQ-examples/jOOQ-spark-example/pom.xml
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>com.sparkjava</groupId>
             <artifactId>spark-core</artifactId>
-            <version>2.2</version>
+            <version>2.8.0</version>
         </dependency>
 
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