diff --git a/build.sbt b/build.sbt
index 7c2efa67ec..33e7a0d48b 100644
--- a/build.sbt
+++ b/build.sbt
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ libraryDependencies ++= Seq(
   "com.jcraft" % "jsch" % "0.1.54",
   "org.apache.httpcomponents" % "httpclient" % "4.5.6",
   "com.microsoft.ml.lightgbm" % "lightgbmlib" % "2.2.350",
-  "com.github.vowpalwabbit" %  "vw-jni" % "8.7.0.1"
+  "com.github.vowpalwabbit" %  "vw-jni" % "8.7.0.2"
 )
 
 //noinspection ScalaStyle