diff --git a/cmake/toolchain/heptools-dev-base.cmake b/cmake/toolchain/heptools-dev-base.cmake
index 2e0e974a652572162d01192fa546df46a8146a5a..fc74162eaae835d7616bf6889217bd4f81aaf8ee 100644
--- a/cmake/toolchain/heptools-dev-base.cmake
+++ b/cmake/toolchain/heptools-dev-base.cmake
@@ -772,7 +772,7 @@ LCG_external_package(sollya            8.0
 LCG_external_package(sortedcontainers  2.1.0                                    )
 LCG_external_package(soupsieve         2.4.1                                    )
 if((${LCG_OS} MATCHES centos|el|ubuntu) AND (NOT ${LCG_COMP} STREQUAL clang))
-  LCG_external_package(spark           3.5.2                                    )
+  LCG_external_package(spark           3.5.3                                    )
 endif()
 LCG_external_package(spdlog            1.9.2                                    )
 LCG_external_package(sphinx            4.2.0                                    )