diff --git a/examples/java-server/pom.xml b/examples/java-server/pom.xml
index 686c9c1fe6..f433731a23 100644
--- a/examples/java-server/pom.xml
+++ b/examples/java-server/pom.xml
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.zookeeper</groupId>
             <artifactId>zookeeper</artifactId>
-            <version>3.4.6</version>
+            <version>3.7.2</version>
         </dependency>
 
     </dependencies>