diff --git a/elide-example/elide-blog-example-resteasy/pom.xml b/elide-example/elide-blog-example-resteasy/pom.xml
index 8ba0ecfdf7..c888d9685b 100644
--- a/elide-example/elide-blog-example-resteasy/pom.xml
+++ b/elide-example/elide-blog-example-resteasy/pom.xml
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 
     <properties>
         <mysql.data.directory>${project.build.directory}/mysql-data</mysql.data.directory>
-        <resteasy.version>3.1.4.Final</resteasy.version>
+        <resteasy.version>3.9.0.Final</resteasy.version>
     </properties>
 
     <dependencies>