diff --git a/kobalt/src/Build.kt b/kobalt/src/Build.kt
index 4f4310de..abcaadd6 100644
--- a/kobalt/src/Build.kt
+++ b/kobalt/src/Build.kt
@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@ val kobaltApp = project(kobaltPluginApi, wrapper) {
 
                 "com.squareup.okhttp3:logging-interceptor:3.2.0",
 
-                "com.sparkjava:spark-core:2.3"
+                "com.sparkjava:spark-core:2.5"
 
 //                "org.eclipse.jetty:jetty-server:${Versions.jetty}",
 //                "org.eclipse.jetty:jetty-servlet:${Versions.jetty}",