diff --git a/camunda-7-adapter/example/process-solution-camunda-7/pom.xml b/camunda-7-adapter/example/process-solution-camunda-7/pom.xml
index 47e6a48f..b186a7e1 100644
--- a/camunda-7-adapter/example/process-solution-camunda-7/pom.xml
+++ b/camunda-7-adapter/example/process-solution-camunda-7/pom.xml
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
     <maven.compiler.source>${version.java}</maven.compiler.source>
     <maven.compiler.target>${version.java}</maven.compiler.target>
 
-    <version.spring-boot>3.5.8</version.spring-boot>
+    <version.spring-boot>4.0.0</version.spring-boot>
     <version.camunda>7.24.0</version.camunda>
 
     <plugin.version.maven-surefire-plugin>3.5.4</plugin.version.maven-surefire-plugin>
diff --git a/camunda-7-adapter/example/process-solution-migrated/pom.xml b/camunda-7-adapter/example/process-solution-migrated/pom.xml
index cabcf2f4..f53f884a 100644
--- a/camunda-7-adapter/example/process-solution-migrated/pom.xml
+++ b/camunda-7-adapter/example/process-solution-migrated/pom.xml
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
     <maven.compiler.source>${version.java}</maven.compiler.source>
     <maven.compiler.target>${version.java}</maven.compiler.target>
 
-    <version.spring-boot>3.5.8</version.spring-boot>
+    <version.spring-boot>4.0.0</version.spring-boot>
     <version.camunda>7.24.0</version.camunda>
     <version.adapter>0.12.0</version.adapter>
     <version.zeebe>8.8.2</version.zeebe>
diff --git a/camunda-7-adapter/example/sample-external-task-process-app-migrated/pom.xml b/camunda-7-adapter/example/sample-external-task-process-app-migrated/pom.xml
index b0b2e738..0586adb2 100644
--- a/camunda-7-adapter/example/sample-external-task-process-app-migrated/pom.xml
+++ b/camunda-7-adapter/example/sample-external-task-process-app-migrated/pom.xml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
   
   <properties>
     <version.camunda>7.24.0</version.camunda>
-    <version.spring-boot>3.5.8</version.spring-boot>
+    <version.spring-boot>4.0.0</version.spring-boot>
     <version.maven-surefire>3.5.4</version.maven-surefire>
     <version.adapter>0.12.0</version.adapter>
     <version.zeebe>8.8.2</version.zeebe>
diff --git a/camunda-7-adapter/example/sample-external-task-process-app/pom.xml b/camunda-7-adapter/example/sample-external-task-process-app/pom.xml
index b961b3c4..6df719a5 100644
--- a/camunda-7-adapter/example/sample-external-task-process-app/pom.xml
+++ b/camunda-7-adapter/example/sample-external-task-process-app/pom.xml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
   <properties>
     <version.camunda>7.24.0</version.camunda>
     <version.camunda-engine-rest-client-openapi-java>7.24.0</version.camunda-engine-rest-client-openapi-java>
-    <version.spring-boot>3.5.8</version.spring-boot>
+    <version.spring-boot>4.0.0</version.spring-boot>
     <version.maven-surefire>3.5.4</version.maven-surefire>
 
     <version.java>17</version.java>
diff --git a/code-migration-detector/example/pom.xml b/code-migration-detector/example/pom.xml
index d8a9ac22..1a27b237 100644
--- a/code-migration-detector/example/pom.xml
+++ b/code-migration-detector/example/pom.xml
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
       <artifactId>spring-boot-starter</artifactId>
-      <version>3.5.8</version>
+      <version>4.0.0</version>
     </dependency>
 
 
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 0f692e82..c2054d84 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
 
     <version.zeebe>8.8.2</version.zeebe>
     <version.camunda.platform>7.24.0</version.camunda.platform>
-    <version.spring-boot>3.5.8</version.spring-boot>
+    <version.spring-boot>4.0.0</version.spring-boot>
 
     <version.protobuf>4.33.1</version.protobuf>
     <version.guava>33.5.0-jre</version.guava>