diff --git a/examples/generic-request-processing/pom.xml b/examples/generic-request-processing/pom.xml
index b15319539..2943e49d0 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>5.10.0</junit.version>
-        <vespa_version>8.252.17</vespa_version>
+        <vespa_version>8.253.3</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 9c535ebbc..2750e3d74 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>5.10.0</junit.version>
-        <vespa_version>8.252.17</vespa_version>
+        <vespa_version>8.253.3</vespa_version>
     </properties>
 
     <dependencies>
diff --git a/examples/lucene-linguistics/advanced-configuration/pom.xml b/examples/lucene-linguistics/advanced-configuration/pom.xml
index 87179ae85..72d96cae6 100644
--- a/examples/lucene-linguistics/advanced-configuration/pom.xml
+++ b/examples/lucene-linguistics/advanced-configuration/pom.xml
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
     <bundle-plugin.failOnWarnings>false</bundle-plugin.failOnWarnings>
     <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
     <test.hide>true</test.hide>
-    <vespa_version>8.252.17</vespa_version>
+    <vespa_version>8.253.3</vespa_version>
     <junit.version>5.10.0</junit.version>
     <lucene.version>9.8.0</lucene.version>
   </properties>
diff --git a/examples/lucene-linguistics/going-crazy/pom.xml b/examples/lucene-linguistics/going-crazy/pom.xml
index 3a6768494..64f602981 100644
--- a/examples/lucene-linguistics/going-crazy/pom.xml
+++ b/examples/lucene-linguistics/going-crazy/pom.xml
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
     <bundle-plugin.failOnWarnings>false</bundle-plugin.failOnWarnings>
     <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
     <test.hide>true</test.hide>
-    <vespa_version>8.252.17</vespa_version>
+    <vespa_version>8.253.3</vespa_version>
     <junit.version>5.10.0</junit.version>
     <lucene.version>9.8.0</lucene.version>
   </properties>
diff --git a/examples/lucene-linguistics/minimal/pom.xml b/examples/lucene-linguistics/minimal/pom.xml
index b6e448534..467f2e8e3 100644
--- a/examples/lucene-linguistics/minimal/pom.xml
+++ b/examples/lucene-linguistics/minimal/pom.xml
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
     <bundle-plugin.failOnWarnings>false</bundle-plugin.failOnWarnings>
     <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
     <test.hide>true</test.hide>
-    <vespa_version>8.252.17</vespa_version>
+    <vespa_version>8.253.3</vespa_version>
   </properties>
 
   <dependencies>
diff --git a/examples/multiple-bundles-lib/pom.xml b/examples/multiple-bundles-lib/pom.xml
index 19ecf9264..ee0be8f6d 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>5.10.0</junit.version>
-        <vespa_version>8.252.17</vespa_version>
+        <vespa_version>8.253.3</vespa_version>
         <jdk.version>17</jdk.version>
     </properties>
 
diff --git a/examples/multiple-bundles/pom.xml b/examples/multiple-bundles/pom.xml
index 980d9fe83..8abb0986d 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>5.10.0</junit.version>
-        <vespa_version>8.252.17</vespa_version>
+        <vespa_version>8.253.3</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 72f963347..7b35cc201 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>8.252.17</vespa_version>
+        <vespa_version>8.253.3</vespa_version>
         <org.immutables.version>2.10.0</org.immutables.version>
     </properties>
 
diff --git a/examples/predicate-fields/pom.xml b/examples/predicate-fields/pom.xml
index 6a0f5695e..5b80ae8a1 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>5.10.0</junit.version>
-        <vespa_version>8.252.17</vespa_version>
+        <vespa_version>8.253.3</vespa_version>
     </properties>
 
     <dependencies>
diff --git a/examples/vespa-chinese-linguistics/pom.xml b/examples/vespa-chinese-linguistics/pom.xml
index a726320c2..da422a833 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>3.11.0</maven-compiler-plugin.version>
 
-    <vespa_version>8.252.17</vespa_version>
+    <vespa_version>8.253.3</vespa_version>
     <guice.version>7.0.0</guice.version>
     
     <kuromoji-ipadic.version>0.9.0</kuromoji-ipadic.version>