diff --git a/spring-data-couchbase-2/pom.xml b/spring-data-couchbase-2/pom.xml
index 93b3dbddb4..d24ef4aeaa 100644
--- a/spring-data-couchbase-2/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-data-couchbase-2/pom.xml
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@
 		<java.version>1.7</java.version>
 		<project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
 		<spring-framework.version>4.2.4.RELEASE</spring-framework.version>
-		<spring-data-couchbase.version>2.0.0.RELEASE</spring-data-couchbase.version>
+		<spring-data-couchbase.version>2.1.1.RELEASE</spring-data-couchbase.version>
 		<hibernate-validator.version>5.2.4.Final</hibernate-validator.version>
 		<joda-time.version>2.9.2</joda-time.version>
 		<logback.version>1.1.3</logback.version>
diff --git a/spring-data-couchbase-2/src/test/java/org/baeldung/spring/data/couchbase/service/PersonServiceTest.java b/spring-data-couchbase-2/src/test/java/org/baeldung/spring/data/couchbase/service/PersonServiceTest.java
index c3bf9f2138..3fabf7a11e 100644
--- a/spring-data-couchbase-2/src/test/java/org/baeldung/spring/data/couchbase/service/PersonServiceTest.java
+++ b/spring-data-couchbase-2/src/test/java/org/baeldung/spring/data/couchbase/service/PersonServiceTest.java
@@ -83,6 +83,13 @@ public abstract class PersonServiceTest extends IntegrationTest {
         assertTrue(allResultsContainExpectedLastName(resultList, expectedLastName));
     }
 
+    @Test
+    public void whenFindingByFirstNameJohn_thenReturnsOnePersonNamedJohn() {
+        final String expectedFirstName = john;
+        final List<Person> resultList = personService.findByFirstName(expectedFirstName);
+        assertTrue(resultList.size() == 1);
+    }
+
     private boolean resultContains(List<Person> resultList, Person person) {
         boolean found = false;
         for (final Person p : resultList) {