diff --git a/examples/flask/app/__init__.py b/examples/flask/app/__init__.py
index 0329ab2d..f9542810 100644
--- a/examples/flask/app/__init__.py
+++ b/examples/flask/app/__init__.py
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 from flask import Flask
-from flask.ext.sqlalchemy import SQLAlchemy
+from flask_sqlalchemy import SQLAlchemy
 
 app = Flask(__name__)
 app.config.from_object("config")