diff --git a/docs/providers/openwhisk/examples/hello-world/java/pom.xml b/docs/providers/openwhisk/examples/hello-world/java/pom.xml
index 95c0ac0ff46..22c22b6050a 100644
--- a/docs/providers/openwhisk/examples/hello-world/java/pom.xml
+++ b/docs/providers/openwhisk/examples/hello-world/java/pom.xml
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
UTF-8
1.8
1.8
- 2.8.2
+ 2.8.9