diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 0cf32a45..8154754e 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -26,7 +26,8 @@ RUN curl -sL https://deb.nodesource.com/setup_0.12 | bash - && \
     npm install -g bower
 
 # for Apache Spark demos
-ENV APACHE_SPARK_VERSION 3.0.3
+ENV APACHE_SPARK_VERSION 3.3.2
+ENV APACHE_SPARK_CUSTOM_NAME=hadoop3
 
 RUN apt-get -y update && \
     apt-get -y install software-properties-common
@@ -46,11 +47,11 @@ RUN echo "===> install Java"  && \
     update-java-alternatives -s java-8-oracle
 
 RUN cd /tmp && \
-        wget -q http://apache.claz.org/spark/spark-${APACHE_SPARK_VERSION}/spark-${APACHE_SPARK_VERSION}-bin-hadoop2.7.tgz && \
-        tar xzf spark-${APACHE_SPARK_VERSION}-bin-hadoop2.7.tgz -C /usr/local && \
-        rm spark-${APACHE_SPARK_VERSION}-bin-hadoop2.7.tgz
+    wget -q https://archive.apache.org/dist/spark/spark-${APACHE_SPARK_VERSION}/spark-${APACHE_SPARK_VERSION}-bin-${APACHE_SPARK_CUSTOM_NAME}.tgz && \
+    tar xzf spark-${APACHE_SPARK_VERSION}-bin-${APACHE_SPARK_CUSTOM_NAME}.tgz -C /usr/local && \
+    rm spark-${APACHE_SPARK_VERSION}-bin-${APACHE_SPARK_CUSTOM_NAME}.tgz
 
-RUN cd /usr/local && ln -s spark-${APACHE_SPARK_VERSION}-bin-hadoop2.7 spark
+RUN cd /usr/local && ln -s spark-${APACHE_SPARK_VERSION}-bin-${APACHE_SPARK_CUSTOM_NAME} spark
 
 # R support
 RUN apt-get update && \
@@ -61,7 +62,7 @@ RUN apt-get update && \
     rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
 
 ENV SPARK_HOME /usr/local/spark
-ENV PYTHONPATH $SPARK_HOME/python:$SPARK_HOME/python/lib/py4j-0.10.9-src.zip
+ENV PYTHONPATH $SPARK_HOME/python:$SPARK_HOME/python/lib/py4j-0.10.9.5-src.zip
 ENV PYSPARK_PYTHON /home/main/anaconda2/envs/python3/bin/python
 ENV R_LIBS_USER $SPARK_HOME/R/lib
 
diff --git a/Dockerfile.toree-dev b/Dockerfile.toree-dev
index 4dad9171..fa3fc975 100644
--- a/Dockerfile.toree-dev
+++ b/Dockerfile.toree-dev
@@ -23,7 +23,8 @@ FROM jupyter/all-spark-notebook
 USER root
 
 # Spark dependencies
-ENV APACHE_SPARK_VERSION 3.0.3
+ENV APACHE_SPARK_VERSION 3.3.2
+ENV APACHE_SPARK_CUSTOM_NAME=hadoop3
 
 RUN apt-get -y update && \
     apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends openjdk-8-jdk ca-certificates-java  && \
@@ -35,14 +36,14 @@ RUN apt-get -y update && \
 
 # Installing Spark3
 RUN cd /tmp && \
-    wget -q https://archive.apache.org/dist/spark/spark-${APACHE_SPARK_VERSION}/spark-${APACHE_SPARK_VERSION}-bin-hadoop2.7.tgz && \
-    tar xzf spark-${APACHE_SPARK_VERSION}-bin-hadoop2.7.tgz -C /usr/local && \
-    rm spark-${APACHE_SPARK_VERSION}-bin-hadoop2.7.tgz
+    wget -q https://archive.apache.org/dist/spark/spark-${APACHE_SPARK_VERSION}/spark-${APACHE_SPARK_VERSION}-bin-${APACHE_SPARK_CUSTOM_NAME}.tgz && \
+    tar xzf spark-${APACHE_SPARK_VERSION}-bin-${APACHE_SPARK_CUSTOM_NAME}.tgz -C /usr/local && \
+    rm spark-${APACHE_SPARK_VERSION}-bin-${APACHE_SPARK_CUSTOM_NAME}.tgz
 
 # Overwrite symlink
 RUN cd /usr/local && \
     rm spark && \
-    ln -s spark-${APACHE_SPARK_VERSION}-bin-hadoop2.7 spark
+    ln -s spark-${APACHE_SPARK_VERSION}-bin-${APACHE_SPARK_CUSTOM_NAME} spark
 
 # Remove other scala kernels
 RUN cd /opt/conda/share/jupyter/kernels/ && \
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index ad67676b..2a5699c7 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ IS_SNAPSHOT?=true
 SNAPSHOT:=-SNAPSHOT
 endif
 
-APACHE_SPARK_VERSION?=3.0.3
+APACHE_SPARK_VERSION?=3.3.2
 SCALA_VERSION?=2.12
 IMAGE?=jupyter/all-spark-notebook:latest
 EXAMPLE_IMAGE?=apache/toree-examples
diff --git a/build.sbt b/build.sbt
index d41889c2..4c32a31e 100644
--- a/build.sbt
+++ b/build.sbt
@@ -22,11 +22,11 @@ ThisBuild / version := Properties.envOrElse("VERSION", "0.0.0-dev") +
   (if ((ThisBuild / isSnapshot ).value) "-SNAPSHOT" else "")
 ThisBuild / isSnapshot := Properties.envOrElse("IS_SNAPSHOT","true").toBoolean
 ThisBuild / organization := "org.apache.toree.kernel"
-ThisBuild / crossScalaVersions := Seq("2.12.15")  // https://github.com/scala/bug/issues/12475, for Spark 3.2.0
+ThisBuild / crossScalaVersions := Seq("2.12.15")
 ThisBuild / scalaVersion := (ThisBuild / crossScalaVersions ).value.head
 ThisBuild / Dependencies.sparkVersion := {
   val envVar = "APACHE_SPARK_VERSION"
-  val defaultVersion = "3.0.0"
+  val defaultVersion = "3.3.2"
 
   Properties.envOrNone(envVar) match {
     case None =>
@@ -58,8 +58,8 @@ ThisBuild / javacOptions ++= Seq(
   "-Xlint:-options",
   "-Xlint:-processing",
   "-Werror",       // Treat warnings as errors
-  "-source", "1.6",
-  "-target", "1.6"
+  "-source", "1.8",
+  "-target", "1.8"
 )
 // Options provided to forked JVMs through sbt, based on our .jvmopts file
 ThisBuild / javaOptions ++= Seq(
diff --git a/etc/kernel.json b/etc/kernel.json
index a428a57e..868215ac 100644
--- a/etc/kernel.json
+++ b/etc/kernel.json
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
   },
   "display_name": "Apache Toree (development)",
   "env": {
-    "PYTHONPATH": "/usr/local/spark/python:/usr/local/spark/python/lib/py4j-0.10.9-src.zip",
+    "PYTHONPATH": "/usr/local/spark/python:/usr/local/spark/python/lib/py4j-0.10.9.5-src.zip",
     "SPARK_HOME": "/usr/local/spark",
     "CAPTURE_STANDARD_ERR": "true",
     "MAX_INTERPRETER_THREADS": "16",
diff --git a/project/Dependencies.scala b/project/Dependencies.scala
index 9c90ee6e..eb763caf 100644
--- a/project/Dependencies.scala
+++ b/project/Dependencies.scala
@@ -36,10 +36,10 @@ object Dependencies {
   val coursier = "io.get-coursier" %% "coursier" % coursierVersion // Apache v2
   val coursierCache = "io.get-coursier" %% "coursier-cache" % coursierVersion // Apache v2
 
-  val ivy = "org.apache.ivy" % "ivy" % "2.4.0" // Apache v2
+  val ivy = "org.apache.ivy" % "ivy" % "2.5.1" // Apache v2
 
-  // use the same jackson version in test than the one provided at runtime by Spark 3.0.0
-  val jacksonDatabind = "com.fasterxml.jackson.core" % "jackson-databind" % "2.10.0" // Apache v2
+  // use the same jackson version in test than the one provided at runtime by Spark 3.3.2
+  val jacksonDatabind = "com.fasterxml.jackson.core" % "jackson-databind" % "2.13.4.2" // Apache v2
 
   val jeroMq = "org.zeromq" % "jeromq" % "0.5.3" // MPL v2
 
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ object Dependencies {
 
   val scalaTest = "org.scalatest" %% "scalatest" % "3.0.8" // Apache v2
 
-  val slf4jApi = "org.slf4j" % "slf4j-api" % "1.7.30" // MIT
+  val slf4jApi = "org.slf4j" % "slf4j-api" % "1.7.32" // MIT
 
   val sparkVersion = settingKey[String]("Version of Apache Spark to use in Toree") // defined in root build
   val sparkCore = Def.setting{ "org.apache.spark" %% "spark-core" % sparkVersion.value } // Apache v2