diff --git a/rabbitmq/pom.xml b/rabbitmq/pom.xml
index 8a707a15dd..ed45029d3c 100644
--- a/rabbitmq/pom.xml
+++ b/rabbitmq/pom.xml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
     </dependencies>
 
     <properties>
-        <amqp-client.version>3.6.6</amqp-client.version>
+        <amqp-client.version>5.12.0</amqp-client.version>
     </properties>
 
 </project>
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diff --git a/rabbitmq/src/main/java/com/baeldung/setup/Setup.java b/rabbitmq/src/main/java/com/baeldung/setup/Setup.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..5ec7f3b5ee
--- /dev/null
+++ b/rabbitmq/src/main/java/com/baeldung/setup/Setup.java
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+package com.baeldung.setup;
+
+import com.rabbitmq.client.BuiltinExchangeType;
+import com.rabbitmq.client.Channel;
+import com.rabbitmq.client.Connection;
+import com.rabbitmq.client.ConnectionFactory;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.util.HashMap;
+import java.util.Map;
+import java.util.concurrent.TimeoutException;
+
+public class Setup {
+
+    private static final String ORDERS_QUEUE_NAME = "orders-queue";
+    private static final String ORDERS_EXCHANGE_NAME = "orders-direct-exchange";
+    private static final String ORDERS_ALTERNATE_EXCHANGE_NAME = "orders-alternate-exchange";
+    private static final String ORDERS_ROUTING_KEY = "orders-routing-key";
+
+    public static void main(String[] args) throws IOException, TimeoutException {
+        ConnectionFactory factory = new ConnectionFactory();
+        factory.setHost("localhost");
+        Connection connection = factory.newConnection();
+        Channel channel = connection.createChannel();
+
+        Map<String, Object> exchangeArguments = new HashMap<>();
+        exchangeArguments.put("alternate-exchange", ORDERS_ALTERNATE_EXCHANGE_NAME);
+        channel.exchangeDeclare(ORDERS_EXCHANGE_NAME, BuiltinExchangeType.DIRECT, true, false, exchangeArguments);
+
+        Map<String, Object> queueArguments = new HashMap<>();
+        queueArguments.put("x-message-ttl", 60000);
+        queueArguments.put("x-max-priority", 10);
+        channel.queueDeclare(ORDERS_QUEUE_NAME, true, false, false, queueArguments);
+
+        channel.queueBind(ORDERS_QUEUE_NAME, ORDERS_EXCHANGE_NAME, ORDERS_ROUTING_KEY);
+    }
+
+}