diff --git a/datafusion-examples/Cargo.toml b/datafusion-examples/Cargo.toml
index 626c365af21c..54ece72bbbbb 100644
--- a/datafusion-examples/Cargo.toml
+++ b/datafusion-examples/Cargo.toml
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ serde_json = { workspace = true }
 tempfile = { workspace = true }
 test-utils = { path = "../test-utils" }
 tokio = { workspace = true, features = ["rt-multi-thread", "parking_lot"] }
-tonic = "0.11"
+tonic = "0.12"
 url = { workspace = true }
 uuid = "1.7"