diff --git a/play-java-jpa-example/build.sbt b/play-java-jpa-example/build.sbt
index 31db95acc..213806665 100644
--- a/play-java-jpa-example/build.sbt
+++ b/play-java-jpa-example/build.sbt
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ lazy val root = (project in file("."))
       guice,
       javaJpa,
       "com.h2database" % "h2" % "2.3.232",
-      "org.hibernate" % "hibernate-core" % "6.6.0.Final",
+      "org.hibernate" % "hibernate-core" % "6.6.1.Final",
       javaWs % "test",
       "org.awaitility" % "awaitility" % "4.2.2" % "test",
       "org.assertj" % "assertj-core" % "3.26.3" % "test",
diff --git a/play-java-rest-api-example/build.sbt b/play-java-rest-api-example/build.sbt
index 013c1bf64..ec31b8976 100644
--- a/play-java-rest-api-example/build.sbt
+++ b/play-java-rest-api-example/build.sbt
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ lazy val root = (project in file("."))
       guice,
       javaJpa,
       "com.h2database" % "h2" % "2.3.232",
-      "org.hibernate" % "hibernate-core" % "6.6.0.Final",
+      "org.hibernate" % "hibernate-core" % "6.6.1.Final",
       "io.dropwizard.metrics" % "metrics-core" % "4.2.27",
       "com.palominolabs.http" % "url-builder" % "1.1.5",
       "net.jodah" % "failsafe" % "2.4.4",