diff --git a/spark/Dockerfile b/spark/Dockerfile
index 480abf9..23fe392 100644
--- a/spark/Dockerfile
+++ b/spark/Dockerfile
@@ -1,23 +1,35 @@
 FROM python:3.6-alpine
 
-ENV SPARK_VERSION="2.4.3" \
+ENV SPARK_VERSION="2.4.8" \
     HADOOP_VERSION="2.7" \
+    GRAPHFRAMES_VERSION="0.8.1-spark2.4-s_2.11" \
+    APACHE_MIRROR="https://dlcdn.apache.org" \
     SPARK_INSTALL="/usr/local"
 
 RUN apk add --no-cache \
         bash \
-        openjdk8 \
-        tini \
-        zeromq
+        openjdk8-jre \
+        tini
 
 RUN apk add --no-cache --virtual .fetch-deps \
-        curl \
+        wget \
         tar
 
-RUN curl -s https://www-us.apache.org/dist/spark/spark-$SPARK_VERSION/spark-$SPARK_VERSION-bin-hadoop$HADOOP_VERSION.tgz | tar -xz -C $SPARK_INSTALL && \
-    cd $SPARK_INSTALL && ln -s spark-$SPARK_VERSION-bin-hadoop$HADOOP_VERSION spark
+# download, install, and symlink spark
+RUN cd $SPARK_INSTALL && \
+    wget -q --show-progress --progress=bar:force:noscroll $APACHE_MIRROR/spark/spark-$SPARK_VERSION/spark-$SPARK_VERSION-bin-hadoop$HADOOP_VERSION.tgz 2>&1 && \
+    tar xzf spark-$SPARK_VERSION-bin-hadoop$HADOOP_VERSION.tgz && \
+    ln -s spark-$SPARK_VERSION-bin-hadoop$HADOOP_VERSION spark && \
+    rm -f spark-$SPARK_VERSION-bin-hadoop$HADOOP_VERSION.tgz
 
-RUN apk del .fetch-deps
+# download and install graphframes
+ RUN cd $SPARK_INSTALL/spark/jars && \
+    wget -q --show-progress --progress=bar:force:noscroll https://repos.spark-packages.org/graphframes/graphframes/$GRAPHFRAMES_VERSION/graphframes-$GRAPHFRAMES_VERSION.jar
+
+RUN apk del .fetch-deps && \
+    rm -rf /tmp/* && \
+    rm -rf /var/cache/* && \
+    rm -rf /root/.cache
 
 COPY start-master.sh start-worker.sh /usr/local/bin/