diff --git a/code-samples/serving/hello-world/helloworld-java-spark/pom.xml b/code-samples/serving/hello-world/helloworld-java-spark/pom.xml
index d4d9819525d..c3ed5f5a919 100644
--- a/code-samples/serving/hello-world/helloworld-java-spark/pom.xml
+++ b/code-samples/serving/hello-world/helloworld-java-spark/pom.xml
@@ -46,13 +46,13 @@
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>com.sparkjava</groupId>
 			<artifactId>spark-core</artifactId>
-			<version>2.7.2</version>
+			<version>2.9.4</version>
 		</dependency>
 		<!-- https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/org.slf4j/slf4j-api -->
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
 			<artifactId>slf4j-simple</artifactId>
-			<version>1.7.21</version>
+			<version>1.7.36</version>
 		</dependency>
 
 	</dependencies>