diff --git a/examples/karaf-rest-example/karaf-rest-example-scr/pom.xml b/examples/karaf-rest-example/karaf-rest-example-scr/pom.xml
index f02325cf5fe..f1eebc72752 100644
--- a/examples/karaf-rest-example/karaf-rest-example-scr/pom.xml
+++ b/examples/karaf-rest-example/karaf-rest-example-scr/pom.xml
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.cxf</groupId>
             <artifactId>cxf-rt-frontend-jaxrs</artifactId>
-            <version>4.2.1</version>
+            <version>4.2.3</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>jakarta.activation</groupId>