diff --git a/jvm-packages/xgboost4j-spark/pom.xml b/jvm-packages/xgboost4j-spark/pom.xml
index a1f005f83..ac37e78ac 100644
--- a/jvm-packages/xgboost4j-spark/pom.xml
+++ b/jvm-packages/xgboost4j-spark/pom.xml
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.spark</groupId>
             <artifactId>spark-mllib_2.10</artifactId>
-            <version>1.6.0</version>
+            <version>1.6.1</version>
         </dependency>
     </dependencies>
 </project>
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