diff --git a/example-project/pom.xml b/example-project/pom.xml
index 09bd4f4..b057246 100644
--- a/example-project/pom.xml
+++ b/example-project/pom.xml
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 		<maven.compiler.source>11</maven.compiler.source>
 		<maven.compiler.target>11</maven.compiler.target>
 		<project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
-		<xtext-version>2.35.0</xtext-version>
+		<xtext-version>2.36.0</xtext-version>
 		<!-- Where Java files corresponding to the Hero DSL main files will be generated
 			by the xtext-maven-plugin -->
 		<hero-generated-sources>src/main/generated-sources/hero/</hero-generated-sources>