diff --git a/modules/samples/userguide/src/userguide/springbootdemo/pom.xml b/modules/samples/userguide/src/userguide/springbootdemo/pom.xml
index cbb4543..5099f5f 100644
--- a/modules/samples/userguide/src/userguide/springbootdemo/pom.xml
+++ b/modules/samples/userguide/src/userguide/springbootdemo/pom.xml
@@ -280,7 +280,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.owasp.esapi</groupId>
             <artifactId>esapi</artifactId>
-            <version>2.2.3.1</version>
+            <version>2.3.0.0</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.httpcomponents</groupId>