diff --git a/project/SparkRedshiftBuild.scala b/project/SparkRedshiftBuild.scala
index b3cab872..a9e9b988 100644
--- a/project/SparkRedshiftBuild.scala
+++ b/project/SparkRedshiftBuild.scala
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ object SparkRedshiftBuild extends Build {
       organization := "com.databricks",
       scalaVersion := "2.11.7",
       crossScalaVersions := Seq("2.10.5", "2.11.7"),
-      sparkVersion := "2.0.0",
+      sparkVersion := "2.4.0",
       testSparkVersion := sys.props.get("spark.testVersion").getOrElse(sparkVersion.value),
       testSparkAvroVersion := sys.props.get("sparkAvro.testVersion").getOrElse("3.0.0"),
       testHadoopVersion := sys.props.get("hadoop.testVersion").getOrElse("2.2.0"),