diff --git a/plc4j/examples/hello-nats/pom.xml b/plc4j/examples/hello-nats/pom.xml
index 1e273d9ea7c..606a6ee0661 100644
--- a/plc4j/examples/hello-nats/pom.xml
+++ b/plc4j/examples/hello-nats/pom.xml
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>io.nats</groupId>
       <artifactId>jnats</artifactId>
-      <version>2.15.3</version>
+      <version>2.17.3</version>
     </dependency>
 
     <dependency>