diff --git a/examples/src/main/java/com/marklogic/client/example/cookbook/KerberosSSLClientCreator.java b/examples/src/main/java/com/marklogic/client/example/cookbook/KerberosSSLClientCreator.java
index 6a903e7db..ab736e6b5 100644
--- a/examples/src/main/java/com/marklogic/client/example/cookbook/KerberosSSLClientCreator.java
+++ b/examples/src/main/java/com/marklogic/client/example/cookbook/KerberosSSLClientCreator.java
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ public X509Certificate[] getAcceptedIssuers() {
     };
 
     // create an SSL context
-    SSLContext sslContext = SSLContext.getInstance("SSLv3");
+    SSLContext sslContext = SSLContext.getInstance("TLSv1.2");
     sslContext.init(null, new TrustManager[] { naiveTrustMgr }, null);
 
     // create the client