diff --git a/plugins/maven/example-client/pom.xml b/plugins/maven/example-client/pom.xml
index 90006b698..4682be92c 100644
--- a/plugins/maven/example-client/pom.xml
+++ b/plugins/maven/example-client/pom.xml
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
             <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-data-mongodb</artifactId>
-            <version>2.7.18</version>
+            <version>4.0.0</version>
         </dependency>
 
         <dependency>