diff --git a/apps/model-inference-examples/recommendation-inference/pom.xml b/apps/model-inference-examples/recommendation-inference/pom.xml
index d7ee88d6ecf..d8f83fe056b 100644
--- a/apps/model-inference-examples/recommendation-inference/pom.xml
+++ b/apps/model-inference-examples/recommendation-inference/pom.xml
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
     <description>simple example of ncf recommender inference</description>
     <properties>
         <spark.version>2.4.3</spark.version>
-        <bigdl.version>0.12.0</bigdl.version>
+        <bigdl.version>0.12.1</bigdl.version>
         <zoo.version>0.9.0-SNAPSHOT</zoo.version>
     </properties>