diff --git a/example-projects/poem-example/Cargo.toml b/example-projects/poem-example/Cargo.toml
index 3525254..da36729 100644
--- a/example-projects/poem-example/Cargo.toml
+++ b/example-projects/poem-example/Cargo.toml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ edition = "2021"
 cloudevents-sdk = { path = "../..", features = ["poem"] }
 tokio = { version = "1.13", features = ["macros", "rt-multi-thread"] }
 tracing = "0.1"
-poem = { version = "=1.0.23" }
+poem = { version = "1" }
 tracing-subscriber = "0.2"
 serde_json = "1.0"
 
diff --git a/example-projects/poem-example/src/main.rs b/example-projects/poem-example/src/main.rs
index c4825e7..7884bbe 100644
--- a/example-projects/poem-example/src/main.rs
+++ b/example-projects/poem-example/src/main.rs
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ async fn main() -> Result<(), std::io::Error> {
     }
     tracing_subscriber::fmt::init();
 
-    let server = Server::new(TcpListener::bind("127.0.0.1:8080")).await?;
+    let server = Server::new(TcpListener::bind("127.0.0.1:8080"));
     server.run(echo_app()).await
 }
 
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ mod tests {
             .header("content-type", "application/json")
             .body(Body::from_json(&j).unwrap());
 
-        let resp: Response = app.call(request).await;
+        let resp: Response = app.call(request).await.unwrap();
         assert_eq!(
             resp.headers()
                 .get("ce-specversion")