diff --git a/colbert-long/services.xml b/colbert-long/services.xml
index 12e2dda2c..d159587f8 100644
--- a/colbert-long/services.xml
+++ b/colbert-long/services.xml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
 
-<services version="1.0" xmlns:deploy="vespa" xmlns:preprocess="properties">
+<services version="1.0" xmlns:deploy="vespa" xmlns:preprocess="properties" minimum-required-vespa-version="8.311.28">
 
     <!-- See https://docs.vespa.ai/en/reference/services-container.html -->
     <container id="default" version="1.0">
diff --git a/colbert/services.xml b/colbert/services.xml
index 969aa41f9..58a5e00be 100644
--- a/colbert/services.xml
+++ b/colbert/services.xml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
 
-<services version="1.0" xmlns:deploy="vespa" xmlns:preprocess="properties">
+<services version="1.0" xmlns:deploy="vespa" xmlns:preprocess="properties" minimum-required-vespa-version="8.311.28">
 
     <!-- See https://docs.vespa.ai/en/reference/services-container.html -->
     <container id="default" version="1.0">
diff --git a/examples/lucene-linguistics/non-java/services.xml b/examples/lucene-linguistics/non-java/services.xml
index 6c06dea73..555ec309c 100644
--- a/examples/lucene-linguistics/non-java/services.xml
+++ b/examples/lucene-linguistics/non-java/services.xml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
-<services version="1.0">
+<services version="1.0" minimum-required-vespa-version="8.315.19">
   <container id="container" version="1.0">
     <component id="linguistics"
                class="com.yahoo.language.lucene.LuceneLinguistics"