diff --git a/examples/kafka-cluster/build.gradle b/examples/kafka-cluster/build.gradle
index 67ca7e4e37c..4fe57713862 100644
--- a/examples/kafka-cluster/build.gradle
+++ b/examples/kafka-cluster/build.gradle
@@ -7,8 +7,8 @@ repositories {
 }
 
 dependencies {
-    testCompileOnly "org.projectlombok:lombok:1.18.38"
-    testAnnotationProcessor "org.projectlombok:lombok:1.18.38"
+    testCompileOnly "org.projectlombok:lombok:1.18.42"
+    testAnnotationProcessor "org.projectlombok:lombok:1.18.42"
     testImplementation 'org.testcontainers:testcontainers-kafka'
     testImplementation 'org.apache.kafka:kafka-clients:4.1.0'
     testImplementation 'org.assertj:assertj-core:3.27.4'
diff --git a/examples/solr-container/build.gradle b/examples/solr-container/build.gradle
index d0d3944cc0a..0db42830a85 100644
--- a/examples/solr-container/build.gradle
+++ b/examples/solr-container/build.gradle
@@ -7,8 +7,8 @@ repositories {
 }
 
 dependencies {
-    compileOnly "org.projectlombok:lombok:1.18.38"
-    annotationProcessor "org.projectlombok:lombok:1.18.38"
+    compileOnly "org.projectlombok:lombok:1.18.42"
+    annotationProcessor "org.projectlombok:lombok:1.18.42"
 
     implementation 'org.apache.solr:solr-solrj:8.11.4'