diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 9b6abca..4d28a3c 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -7,9 +7,9 @@ RUN yum install -y epel-release tar java && \
     yum clean all
 
 RUN cd /opt && \
-    curl https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/release/spark/spark-2.0.1/spark-2.0.1-bin-hadoop2.7.tgz | \
+    curl https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/release/spark/spark-2.1.0/spark-2.1.0-bin-hadoop2.7.tgz | \
         tar -zx && \
-    ln -s spark-2.0.1-bin-hadoop2.7 spark
+    ln -s spark-2.1.0-bin-hadoop2.7 spark
 
 # when the containers are not run w/ uid 0, the uid may not map in
 # /etc/passwd and it may not be possible to modify things like