diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index d60ec561e7d..0a72889cb5c 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -186,7 +186,7 @@
     <scala-xml.version>2.3.0</scala-xml.version>
     <circe.version>0.14.10</circe.version>
 
-    <spark2.version>2.4.8</spark2.version>
+    <spark2.version>3.5.3</spark2.version>
     <spark3.version>3.5.3</spark3.version>
     <kafka2.version>2.8.2</kafka2.version>
     <confluent.version>7.7.0</confluent.version>