diff --git a/examples/powertools-examples-core-utilities/sam-graalvm/pom.xml b/examples/powertools-examples-core-utilities/sam-graalvm/pom.xml
index eea0357e9..cf50e5128 100644
--- a/examples/powertools-examples-core-utilities/sam-graalvm/pom.xml
+++ b/examples/powertools-examples-core-utilities/sam-graalvm/pom.xml
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
                 <artifactId>aspectj-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>1.15.0</version>
+                <version>1.16.0</version>
                 <configuration>
                     <source>${maven.compiler.source}</source>
                     <target>${maven.compiler.target}</target>