diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index b53a202..c996333 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>com.sparkjava</groupId>
             <artifactId>spark-core</artifactId>
-            <version>2.9.1</version>
+            <version>2.9.4</version>
         </dependency>
 
         <!-- enables logging for sparkjava -->