diff --git a/hcs-sxc-java-examples/hcs-sxc-java-queue-consumer/hcs-sxc-java-queue-listener/pom.xml b/hcs-sxc-java-examples/hcs-sxc-java-queue-consumer/hcs-sxc-java-queue-listener/pom.xml
index f0c1411a..9c67c2d6 100644
--- a/hcs-sxc-java-examples/hcs-sxc-java-queue-consumer/hcs-sxc-java-queue-listener/pom.xml
+++ b/hcs-sxc-java-examples/hcs-sxc-java-queue-consumer/hcs-sxc-java-queue-listener/pom.xml
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
     <description>Listens to messages from  Message Queue and sends to HCS for timestamp</description>
 
     <properties>
-        <spring-boot.version>2.2.2.RELEASE</spring-boot.version>
+        <spring-boot.version>2.5.12</spring-boot.version>
     </properties>
 
     <dependencies>