diff --git a/payment-example-process-application/pom.xml b/payment-example-process-application/pom.xml
index 3734c8b5..e12bccb0 100644
--- a/payment-example-process-application/pom.xml
+++ b/payment-example-process-application/pom.xml
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
     <maven.compiler.target>21</maven.compiler.target>
     <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
 
-    <zeebe.version>8.5.8</zeebe.version>
+    <zeebe.version>8.6.1</zeebe.version>
     <spring-zeebe.version>8.5.7</spring-zeebe.version>
     <spring-boot.version>3.3.0</spring-boot.version>
   </properties>
diff --git a/rollback-on-error-example/pom.xml b/rollback-on-error-example/pom.xml
index df08761e..bfdd18a3 100644
--- a/rollback-on-error-example/pom.xml
+++ b/rollback-on-error-example/pom.xml
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 
   <properties>
     <java.version>21</java.version>
-    <zeebe.version>8.5.8</zeebe.version>
+    <zeebe.version>8.6.1</zeebe.version>
     <spring-boot.version>3.3.0</spring-boot.version>
     <camunda-process-test-coverage.version>2.1.0</camunda-process-test-coverage.version>
     <spring-zeebe.version>8.5.7</spring-zeebe.version>
diff --git a/twitter-review-java-springboot/pom.xml b/twitter-review-java-springboot/pom.xml
index b41721f7..fa9c8b48 100644
--- a/twitter-review-java-springboot/pom.xml
+++ b/twitter-review-java-springboot/pom.xml
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
   <properties>
     <java.version>21</java.version>
     <spring-boot.version>3.3.0</spring-boot.version>
-    <zeebe.version>8.5.8</zeebe.version>
+    <zeebe.version>8.6.1</zeebe.version>
     <spring-zeebe.version>8.5.7</spring-zeebe.version>
     <camunda-process-test-coverage.version>2.7.0</camunda-process-test-coverage.version>
     <maven.compiler.source>${java.version}</maven.compiler.source>