diff --git a/examples/pom.xml b/examples/pom.xml
index 9b7d57de..7726ed20 100644
--- a/examples/pom.xml
+++ b/examples/pom.xml
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>com.amazonaws</groupId>
             <artifactId>DynamoDBLocal</artifactId>
-            <version>1.10.5.1</version>
+            <version>1.21.0</version>
             <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
 
diff --git a/sdk1/pom.xml b/sdk1/pom.xml
index 130533ce..b0dcb320 100644
--- a/sdk1/pom.xml
+++ b/sdk1/pom.xml
@@ -198,7 +198,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>com.amazonaws</groupId>
             <artifactId>DynamoDBLocal</artifactId>
-            <version>1.10.5.1</version>
+            <version>1.21.0</version>
             <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>