diff --git a/picocli-examples/build.gradle b/picocli-examples/build.gradle
index 9d4f16250..002bb7599 100644
--- a/picocli-examples/build.gradle
+++ b/picocli-examples/build.gradle
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ dependencies {
                    // for the JSR-380 BeanValidation example
                    "javax.validation:validation-api:2.0.0.Final",
                    "org.hibernate.validator:hibernate-validator:6.1.2.Final",
-                   "org.hibernate.validator:hibernate-validator-annotation-processor:6.1.2.Final",
+                   "org.hibernate.validator:hibernate-validator-annotation-processor:7.0.1.Final",
                    "javax.el:javax.el-api:3.0.0",
                    "org.glassfish.web:javax.el:2.2.6"
     implementation "org.jetbrains.kotlin:kotlin-script-runtime:1.6.0"