diff --git a/example/tweet.py b/example/tweet.py
index 536836a..dcb188b 100644
--- a/example/tweet.py
+++ b/example/tweet.py
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
 twitter = oauth.remote_app('twitter',
     # unless absolute urls are used to make requests, this will be added
     # before all URLs.  This is also true for request_token_url and others.
-    base_url='https://api.twitter.com/1/',
+    base_url='https://api.twitter.com/1.1/',
     # where flask should look for new request tokens
     request_token_url='https://api.twitter.com/oauth/request_token',
     # where flask should exchange the token with the remote application