diff --git a/examples/powertools-examples-cloudformation/infra/cdk/pom.xml b/examples/powertools-examples-cloudformation/infra/cdk/pom.xml
index 30172fa3f..b1cdb5f0b 100644
--- a/examples/powertools-examples-cloudformation/infra/cdk/pom.xml
+++ b/examples/powertools-examples-cloudformation/infra/cdk/pom.xml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 
     <properties>
         <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
-        <cdk.version>2.59.0</cdk.version>
+        <cdk.version>2.253.0</cdk.version>
         <constructs.version>[10.0.0,11.0.0)</constructs.version>
     </properties>