diff --git a/samples/server/petstore/jaxrs-resteasy/eap-java8/pom.xml b/samples/server/petstore/jaxrs-resteasy/eap-java8/pom.xml
index ccd1d916afb..373b05f1849 100644
--- a/samples/server/petstore/jaxrs-resteasy/eap-java8/pom.xml
+++ b/samples/server/petstore/jaxrs-resteasy/eap-java8/pom.xml
@@ -187,7 +187,7 @@ for this project used jakarta.validation-api -->
         <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
         <swagger-core-version>1.5.18</swagger-core-version>
         <jetty-version>9.2.9.v20150224</jetty-version>
-        <resteasy-version>3.0.11.Final</resteasy-version>
+        <resteasy-version>4.7.8.Final</resteasy-version>
         <slf4j-version>1.6.3</slf4j-version>
         <junit-version>5.10.2</junit-version>
         <servlet-api-version>4.0.4</servlet-api-version>