diff --git a/examples/javamail-velocity/pom.xml b/examples/javamail-velocity/pom.xml
index b3c64335838..45266797583 100644
--- a/examples/javamail-velocity/pom.xml
+++ b/examples/javamail-velocity/pom.xml
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.icegreen</groupId>
       <artifactId>greenmail</artifactId>
-      <version>2.0.0-alpha-2</version>
+      <version>2.1.0-rc-1</version>
       <exclusions>
         <exclusion>
           <groupId>junit</groupId>
diff --git a/examples/javamail/pom.xml b/examples/javamail/pom.xml
index b75890ff54d..6dcffb22a49 100644
--- a/examples/javamail/pom.xml
+++ b/examples/javamail/pom.xml
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.icegreen</groupId>
       <artifactId>greenmail</artifactId>
-      <version>2.0.0-alpha-2</version>
+      <version>2.1.0-rc-1</version>
       <exclusions>
         <exclusion>
           <groupId>junit</groupId>