diff --git a/play-java-dagger2-example/build.sbt b/play-java-dagger2-example/build.sbt
index 742a095e6..a5246b776 100644
--- a/play-java-dagger2-example/build.sbt
+++ b/play-java-dagger2-example/build.sbt
@@ -8,8 +8,8 @@ lazy val root = (project in file("."))
     scalaVersion := crossScalaVersions.value.head,
     libraryDependencies ++= Seq(
       ws,
-      "com.google.dagger" % "dagger" % "2.51.1",
-      "com.google.dagger" % "dagger-compiler" % "2.51.1"
+      "com.google.dagger" % "dagger" % "2.52",
+      "com.google.dagger" % "dagger-compiler" % "2.52"
     ),
     // move the java annotation code into generated directory
     (Compile / javacOptions) := { (Compile / managedSourceDirectories).value.head.mkdirs(); javacOptions.value },