diff --git a/example/sample-external-task-process-app-migrated/pom.xml b/example/sample-external-task-process-app-migrated/pom.xml
index e6894793..9a2a3cd9 100644
--- a/example/sample-external-task-process-app-migrated/pom.xml
+++ b/example/sample-external-task-process-app-migrated/pom.xml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
   <properties>
     <version.camunda>7.21.0</version.camunda>
     <version.spring-boot>3.3.3</version.spring-boot>
-    <version.maven-surefire>3.4.0</version.maven-surefire>
+    <version.maven-surefire>3.5.0</version.maven-surefire>
     <version.adapter>0.9.0</version.adapter>
     <version.spring-zeebe>8.5.9</version.spring-zeebe>
 
diff --git a/example/sample-external-task-process-app/pom.xml b/example/sample-external-task-process-app/pom.xml
index 39e2fc67..98786244 100644
--- a/example/sample-external-task-process-app/pom.xml
+++ b/example/sample-external-task-process-app/pom.xml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
     <version.camunda>7.21.0</version.camunda>
     <version.camunda-engine-rest-client-openapi-java>7.21.1</version.camunda-engine-rest-client-openapi-java>
     <version.spring-boot>3.3.3</version.spring-boot>
-    <version.maven-surefire>3.4.0</version.maven-surefire>
+    <version.maven-surefire>3.5.0</version.maven-surefire>
 
     <version.java>17</version.java>
     <maven.compiler.source>${version.java}</maven.compiler.source>