diff --git a/examples/create-account-ajax/requirements.txt b/examples/create-account-ajax/requirements.txt
index bb09d7b..fd3f930 100644
--- a/examples/create-account-ajax/requirements.txt
+++ b/examples/create-account-ajax/requirements.txt
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ Jinja2==3.1.4
 MarkupSafe==2.1.5
 python-multipart==0.0.9
 sniffio==1.3.1
-starlette==0.37.2
+starlette==0.40.0
 Starlette-WTF==0.4.4
 uvicorn==0.29.0
 WTForms==3.1.2