diff --git a/examples/pom.xml b/examples/pom.xml
index 89058a8..40bfe91 100644
--- a/examples/pom.xml
+++ b/examples/pom.xml
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@
         <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
         <maven.compiler.source>1.7</maven.compiler.source>
         <maven.compiler.target>1.7</maven.compiler.target>
-        <dropwizard.version>1.3.14</dropwizard.version>
+        <dropwizard.version>4.0.0</dropwizard.version>
     </properties>
     
     <dependencies>