diff --git a/datafusion-examples/Cargo.toml b/datafusion-examples/Cargo.toml
index 91ff44fe89da..b3dffb6229e6 100644
--- a/datafusion-examples/Cargo.toml
+++ b/datafusion-examples/Cargo.toml
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ path = "examples/avro_sql.rs"
 required-features = ["datafusion/avro"]
 
 [dev-dependencies]
-arrow-flight = { version = "18.0.0" }
+arrow-flight = { version = "20.0.0" }
 async-trait = "0.1.41"
 datafusion = { path = "../datafusion/core" }
 futures = "0.3"