diff --git a/samples/photo_album_gae/pom.xml b/samples/photo_album_gae/pom.xml
index 9be3ebf6..5fa9e302 100644
--- a/samples/photo_album_gae/pom.xml
+++ b/samples/photo_album_gae/pom.xml
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
     <properties>
         <spring.version>5.3.19</spring.version>
         <appengine.app.version>1</appengine.app.version>
-        <appengine.target.version>1.9.37</appengine.target.version>
+        <appengine.target.version>1.9.98</appengine.target.version>
         <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
     </properties>