diff --git a/schema-registry-samples/schema-registry-vanilla-kafka-binder/kafka-streams-consumer/pom.xml b/schema-registry-samples/schema-registry-vanilla-kafka-binder/kafka-streams-consumer/pom.xml
index 04a4594..a3fa38c 100644
--- a/schema-registry-samples/schema-registry-vanilla-kafka-binder/kafka-streams-consumer/pom.xml
+++ b/schema-registry-samples/schema-registry-vanilla-kafka-binder/kafka-streams-consumer/pom.xml
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
         <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-parent</artifactId>
-        <version>2.2.0.BUILD-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>2.3.6.RELEASE</version>
         <relativePath/> <!-- lookup parent from repository -->
     </parent>
 
diff --git a/schema-registry-samples/schema-registry-vanilla-kafka-binder/schema-registry-vanilla-consumer-kafka/pom.xml b/schema-registry-samples/schema-registry-vanilla-kafka-binder/schema-registry-vanilla-consumer-kafka/pom.xml
index 67e8b50..9de43ca 100644
--- a/schema-registry-samples/schema-registry-vanilla-kafka-binder/schema-registry-vanilla-consumer-kafka/pom.xml
+++ b/schema-registry-samples/schema-registry-vanilla-kafka-binder/schema-registry-vanilla-consumer-kafka/pom.xml
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
         <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-parent</artifactId>
-        <version>2.2.1.RELEASE</version>
+        <version>2.3.6.RELEASE</version>
         <relativePath/> <!-- lookup parent from repository -->
     </parent>
 
diff --git a/schema-registry-samples/schema-registry-vanilla-kafka-binder/schema-registry-vanilla-producer1-kafka/pom.xml b/schema-registry-samples/schema-registry-vanilla-kafka-binder/schema-registry-vanilla-producer1-kafka/pom.xml
index 7d0c86e..a643b34 100644
--- a/schema-registry-samples/schema-registry-vanilla-kafka-binder/schema-registry-vanilla-producer1-kafka/pom.xml
+++ b/schema-registry-samples/schema-registry-vanilla-kafka-binder/schema-registry-vanilla-producer1-kafka/pom.xml
@@ -11,12 +11,12 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
         <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-parent</artifactId>
-        <version>2.2.1.RELEASE</version>
+        <version>2.3.6.RELEASE</version>
         <relativePath/> <!-- lookup parent from repository -->
     </parent>
 
     <properties>
-        <avro.version>1.8.2</avro.version>
+        <avro.version>1.10.0</avro.version>
         <spring-cloud.version>Hoxton.BUILD-SNAPSHOT</spring-cloud.version>
     </properties>
 
@@ -47,6 +47,10 @@
             <artifactId>avro</artifactId>
             <version>${avro.version}</version>
         </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
+            <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-web</artifactId>
+        </dependency>
     </dependencies>
 
     <build>
diff --git a/schema-registry-samples/schema-registry-vanilla-kafka-binder/schema-registry-vanilla-producer1-kafka/src/main/resources/application.yml b/schema-registry-samples/schema-registry-vanilla-kafka-binder/schema-registry-vanilla-producer1-kafka/src/main/resources/application.yml
index 99e0275..f093ba5 100644
--- a/schema-registry-samples/schema-registry-vanilla-kafka-binder/schema-registry-vanilla-producer1-kafka/src/main/resources/application.yml
+++ b/schema-registry-samples/schema-registry-vanilla-kafka-binder/schema-registry-vanilla-producer1-kafka/src/main/resources/application.yml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ spring:
     stream:
       bindings:
         supplier-out-0:
-          contentType: application/*+avro
+          contentType: application/+avro
           destination: sensor-topic
       schema-registry-client:
         endpoint: http://localhost:8990
diff --git a/schema-registry-samples/schema-registry-vanilla-kafka-binder/schema-registry-vanilla-producer2-kafka/pom.xml b/schema-registry-samples/schema-registry-vanilla-kafka-binder/schema-registry-vanilla-producer2-kafka/pom.xml
index 8a352ef..2aefa51 100644
--- a/schema-registry-samples/schema-registry-vanilla-kafka-binder/schema-registry-vanilla-producer2-kafka/pom.xml
+++ b/schema-registry-samples/schema-registry-vanilla-kafka-binder/schema-registry-vanilla-producer2-kafka/pom.xml
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
         <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-parent</artifactId>
-        <version>2.2.1.RELEASE</version>
+        <version>2.3.6.RELEASE</version>
         <relativePath/> <!-- lookup parent from repository -->
     </parent>
 
diff --git a/schema-registry-samples/schema-registry-vanilla-kafka-binder/schema-registry-vanilla-producer2-kafka/src/main/resources/application.yml b/schema-registry-samples/schema-registry-vanilla-kafka-binder/schema-registry-vanilla-producer2-kafka/src/main/resources/application.yml
index 2519a80..57fe1b1 100644
--- a/schema-registry-samples/schema-registry-vanilla-kafka-binder/schema-registry-vanilla-producer2-kafka/src/main/resources/application.yml
+++ b/schema-registry-samples/schema-registry-vanilla-kafka-binder/schema-registry-vanilla-producer2-kafka/src/main/resources/application.yml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ spring:
     stream:
       bindings:
         supplier-out-0:
-          contentType: application/*+avro
+          contentType: application/+avro
           destination: sensor-topic
       schema-registry-client:
         endpoint: http://localhost:8990