diff --git a/backstage-reference/templates/example-python-flask-eks/content/requirements.txt b/backstage-reference/templates/example-python-flask-eks/content/requirements.txt
index ce5ba104..70f2f8ed 100644
--- a/backstage-reference/templates/example-python-flask-eks/content/requirements.txt
+++ b/backstage-reference/templates/example-python-flask-eks/content/requirements.txt
@@ -4,4 +4,4 @@ itsdangerous==2.1.2
 Jinja2==3.1.4
 MarkupSafe==2.1.2
 Werkzeug==3.0.3
-gunicorn==20.1.0
+gunicorn==22.0.0