diff --git a/asciidoctor-epub-example/pom.xml b/asciidoctor-epub-example/pom.xml
index 9c558092..4195d90d 100644
--- a/asciidoctor-epub-example/pom.xml
+++ b/asciidoctor-epub-example/pom.xml
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
         <maven.compiler.source>1.8</maven.compiler.source>
         <maven.compiler.target>1.8</maven.compiler.target>
         <asciidoctor.maven.plugin.version>3.0.0</asciidoctor.maven.plugin.version>
-        <asciidoctorj.epub.version>2.0.1</asciidoctorj.epub.version>
+        <asciidoctorj.epub.version>2.1.0</asciidoctorj.epub.version>
         <asciidoctorj.version>2.5.11</asciidoctorj.version>
         <!-- for a correct kf8 generation, you'll need at least jRuby >= 9.1.8.0 -->
         <jruby.version>9.4.5.0</jruby.version>