diff --git a/build.sbt b/build.sbt
index d009733886..0260875901 100644
--- a/build.sbt
+++ b/build.sbt
@@ -880,7 +880,7 @@ def sqlRefLib = { scalaVersion: String =>
   if (scalaVersion.startsWith("2.13")) {
     Seq(
       // Include Spark just as a reference implementation
-      "org.apache.spark" %% "spark-sql" % "3.4.1" % Test,
+      "org.apache.spark" %% "spark-sql" % "3.5.0" % Test,
       // Include Trino as a reference implementation
       "io.trino" % "trino-main" % "426" % Test
     )