diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 8638d50e21..4344a15cac 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -51,7 +51,8 @@
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.apache.spark</groupId>
 			<artifactId>spark-core_2.11</artifactId>
-			<version>2.0.0</version>
+			<version>2.0.1</version>
+			<scope>provided</scope>
 		</dependency>
 
 		<dependency>