diff --git a/examples/pom.xml b/examples/pom.xml
index f79f3dba..a66460b3 100644
--- a/examples/pom.xml
+++ b/examples/pom.xml
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>com.amazonaws</groupId>
             <artifactId>DynamoDBLocal</artifactId>
-            <version>1.10.5.1</version>
+            <version>1.18.0</version>
             <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
 
diff --git a/sdk1/pom.xml b/sdk1/pom.xml
index 3486d324..75a98212 100644
--- a/sdk1/pom.xml
+++ b/sdk1/pom.xml
@@ -198,7 +198,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>com.amazonaws</groupId>
             <artifactId>DynamoDBLocal</artifactId>
-            <version>1.10.5.1</version>
+            <version>1.18.0</version>
             <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>