diff --git a/examples/karaf-rest-example/karaf-rest-example-client/karaf-rest-example-client-cxf/pom.xml b/examples/karaf-rest-example/karaf-rest-example-client/karaf-rest-example-client-cxf/pom.xml
index aefd5c27053..79116443b1d 100644
--- a/examples/karaf-rest-example/karaf-rest-example-client/karaf-rest-example-client-cxf/pom.xml
+++ b/examples/karaf-rest-example/karaf-rest-example-client/karaf-rest-example-client-cxf/pom.xml
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@
 		<dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.cxf</groupId>
             <artifactId>cxf-rt-rs-client</artifactId>
-            <version>4.1.2</version>
+            <version>4.2.1</version>
         </dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.jakarta.rs</groupId>