diff --git a/example/downscale-stabilization/cpa.yaml b/example/downscale-stabilization/cpa.yaml
index f60fc68..e3f7f3c 100644
--- a/example/downscale-stabilization/cpa.yaml
+++ b/example/downscale-stabilization/cpa.yaml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ spec:
       containers:
       - name: downscale-stabilization
         image: downscale-stabilization:latest
-        imagePullPolicy: Always
+        imagePullPolicy: IfNotPresent
   scaleTargetRef:
     apiVersion: apps/v1
     kind: Deployment
diff --git a/example/downscale-stabilization/requirements.txt b/example/downscale-stabilization/requirements.txt
index 566083c..2c24336 100644
--- a/example/downscale-stabilization/requirements.txt
+++ b/example/downscale-stabilization/requirements.txt
@@ -1 +1 @@
-requests==2.22.0
+requests==2.31.0
diff --git a/example/flask-metric/Dockerfile b/example/flask-metric/Dockerfile
index 4de929a..858a571 100644
--- a/example/flask-metric/Dockerfile
+++ b/example/flask-metric/Dockerfile
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 # limitations under the License.
 
-FROM python:3.6-slim
+FROM python:3.8-slim
 
 # Install dependencies for debugging
 RUN apt-get update
diff --git a/example/flask-metric/requirements.txt b/example/flask-metric/requirements.txt
index 578ac16..5aad892 100644
--- a/example/flask-metric/requirements.txt
+++ b/example/flask-metric/requirements.txt
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Flask==1.0
+Flask==2.3.2
diff --git a/example/scale-on-tweet/requirements.txt b/example/scale-on-tweet/requirements.txt
index 9f2172b..8c0f478 100644
--- a/example/scale-on-tweet/requirements.txt
+++ b/example/scale-on-tweet/requirements.txt
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-requests==2.22.0
-python-twitter==3.5
\ No newline at end of file
+requests==2.31.0
+python-twitter==3.5
diff --git a/example/simple-pod-metrics-python/requirements.txt b/example/simple-pod-metrics-python/requirements.txt
index 566083c..2c24336 100644
--- a/example/simple-pod-metrics-python/requirements.txt
+++ b/example/simple-pod-metrics-python/requirements.txt
@@ -1 +1 @@
-requests==2.22.0
+requests==2.31.0