diff --git a/build.sbt b/build.sbt
index b02299b..c18d2d3 100644
--- a/build.sbt
+++ b/build.sbt
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ libraryDependencies ++= Seq(
   "org.slf4j"               % "slf4j-simple"            % slf4jversion     % Test,
   "org.apache.commons"      % "commons-math3"           % "3.6.1",
   "io.github.metarank"     %% "cfor"                    % "0.3",
-  "io.github.metarank"      % "lightgbm4j"              % "4.3.0-1",
+  "io.github.metarank"      % "lightgbm4j"              % "4.4.0-1",
   "io.github.metarank"      % "xgboost-java"            % "2.0.2-1",
   "com.opencsv"             % "opencsv"                 % "5.9",
   "org.scala-lang.modules" %% "scala-collection-compat" % "2.11.0",