diff --git a/templates/library/react-native-library-boilerplate/example/package.json b/templates/library/react-native-library-boilerplate/example/package.json
index 90c1f6c0..2811cb19 100644
--- a/templates/library/react-native-library-boilerplate/example/package.json
+++ b/templates/library/react-native-library-boilerplate/example/package.json
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 	},
 	"dependencies": {
 		"expo": "~47.0.12",
-		"expo-status-bar": "~1.4.2",
+		"expo-status-bar": "~1.12.1",
 		"react": "18.1.0",
 		"react-native": "0.70.5",
 		"react-dom": "18.1.0",