diff --git a/examples/generic-request-processing/pom.xml b/examples/generic-request-processing/pom.xml
index 833e7c014..b9f54ff49 100644
--- a/examples/generic-request-processing/pom.xml
+++ b/examples/generic-request-processing/pom.xml
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
         <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
         <test.hide>true</test.hide>
         <junit.version>5.7.1</junit.version>
-        <vespa_version>8.194.16</vespa_version>
+        <vespa_version>8.198.18</vespa_version>
     </properties>
 
     <dependencies>
diff --git a/examples/http-api-using-request-handlers-and-processors/pom.xml b/examples/http-api-using-request-handlers-and-processors/pom.xml
index 4c893356b..d523a53d3 100644
--- a/examples/http-api-using-request-handlers-and-processors/pom.xml
+++ b/examples/http-api-using-request-handlers-and-processors/pom.xml
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
         <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
         <test.hide>true</test.hide>
         <junit.version>5.7.1</junit.version>
-        <vespa_version>8.194.16</vespa_version>
+        <vespa_version>8.198.18</vespa_version>
     </properties>
 
     <dependencies>
diff --git a/examples/multiple-bundles-lib/pom.xml b/examples/multiple-bundles-lib/pom.xml
index 1f5b4f378..a55600523 100644
--- a/examples/multiple-bundles-lib/pom.xml
+++ b/examples/multiple-bundles-lib/pom.xml
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
         <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
         <test.hide>true</test.hide>
         <junit.version>5.7.1</junit.version>
-        <vespa_version>8.194.16</vespa_version>
+        <vespa_version>8.198.18</vespa_version>
         <jdk.version>17</jdk.version>
     </properties>
 
diff --git a/examples/multiple-bundles/pom.xml b/examples/multiple-bundles/pom.xml
index 371ead021..4c1cc1bb8 100644
--- a/examples/multiple-bundles/pom.xml
+++ b/examples/multiple-bundles/pom.xml
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
         <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
         <test.hide>true</test.hide>
         <junit.version>5.7.1</junit.version>
-        <vespa_version>8.194.16</vespa_version>
+        <vespa_version>8.198.18</vespa_version>
         <jdk.version>17</jdk.version>
 
         <!-- NB! Must be updated upon changes in the library -->
diff --git a/examples/operations/monitoring/album-recommendation-monitoring/album-recommendation-random-data/pom.xml b/examples/operations/monitoring/album-recommendation-monitoring/album-recommendation-random-data/pom.xml
index 401f5a9d6..0ef6f0883 100644
--- a/examples/operations/monitoring/album-recommendation-monitoring/album-recommendation-random-data/pom.xml
+++ b/examples/operations/monitoring/album-recommendation-monitoring/album-recommendation-random-data/pom.xml
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
     <packaging>jar</packaging>
 
     <properties>
-        <vespa_version>8.194.16</vespa_version>
+        <vespa_version>8.198.18</vespa_version>
     </properties>
 
     <dependencies>
diff --git a/examples/predicate-fields/pom.xml b/examples/predicate-fields/pom.xml
index 91a0500fa..191a07880 100644
--- a/examples/predicate-fields/pom.xml
+++ b/examples/predicate-fields/pom.xml
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
         <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
         <test.hide>true</test.hide>
         <junit.version>5.7.1</junit.version>
-        <vespa_version>8.194.16</vespa_version>
+        <vespa_version>8.198.18</vespa_version>
     </properties>
 
     <dependencies>
diff --git a/examples/vespa-chinese-linguistics/pom.xml b/examples/vespa-chinese-linguistics/pom.xml
index a712f9cea..2d053e62d 100644
--- a/examples/vespa-chinese-linguistics/pom.xml
+++ b/examples/vespa-chinese-linguistics/pom.xml
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
     <target-jdk.version>17</target-jdk.version>
     <maven-compiler-plugin.version>3.8.1</maven-compiler-plugin.version>
 
-    <vespa_version>8.194.16</vespa_version>
+    <vespa_version>8.198.18</vespa_version>
     <guice.version>3.0</guice.version>
     
     <kuromoji-ipadic.version>0.9.0</kuromoji-ipadic.version>