diff --git a/assertions-examples/pom.xml b/assertions-examples/pom.xml
index 4cc0c8b..9931e42 100644
--- a/assertions-examples/pom.xml
+++ b/assertions-examples/pom.xml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
 
   <properties>
     <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
-    <neo4j.version>3.0.0</neo4j.version>
+    <neo4j.version>3.5.0</neo4j.version>
     <assertj-core.version>3.19.0</assertj-core.version>
   </properties>