diff --git a/modules/samples/userguide/src/userguide/springbootdemo/pom.xml b/modules/samples/userguide/src/userguide/springbootdemo/pom.xml
index 001ab947fc..7195044c37 100644
--- a/modules/samples/userguide/src/userguide/springbootdemo/pom.xml
+++ b/modules/samples/userguide/src/userguide/springbootdemo/pom.xml
@@ -296,7 +296,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.owasp.esapi</groupId>
             <artifactId>esapi</artifactId>
-            <version>2.5.4.0</version>
+            <version>2.6.0.0</version>
             <classifier>jakarta</classifier>
         </dependency>
 	<dependency>