diff --git a/modules/samples/book/pom.xml b/modules/samples/book/pom.xml
index fd868df17d..cefb4bf47f 100644
--- a/modules/samples/book/pom.xml
+++ b/modules/samples/book/pom.xml
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.neethi</groupId>
             <artifactId>neethi</artifactId>
-            <version>3.1.2-SNAPSHOT</version>
+            <version>3.2.2</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>commons-logging</groupId>