diff --git a/examples/example-exemplars-tail-sampling/docker-compose.yaml b/examples/example-exemplars-tail-sampling/docker-compose.yaml
index c4d08a175..041a59365 100644
--- a/examples/example-exemplars-tail-sampling/docker-compose.yaml
+++ b/examples/example-exemplars-tail-sampling/docker-compose.yaml
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ services:
       - -jar
       - /example-greeting-service.jar
   collector:
-    image: otel/opentelemetry-collector-contrib:0.160.0@sha256:799dc6cf12c96192af37b5bdba804da8c10b3bc563b43cb90c3f3c58d9572ad6
+    image: otel/opentelemetry-collector-contrib:0.161.0@sha256:fd328de2552466ad78385e1b1289c3f2402b1c45f265b252aab1955b42845ac1
     network_mode: host
     volumes:
       - ./config/otelcol-config.yaml:/config.yaml
diff --git a/examples/example-exporter-opentelemetry/docker-compose.yaml b/examples/example-exporter-opentelemetry/docker-compose.yaml
index c1f439cc2..80fffd93e 100644
--- a/examples/example-exporter-opentelemetry/docker-compose.yaml
+++ b/examples/example-exporter-opentelemetry/docker-compose.yaml
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ services:
       #- -agentlib:jdwp=transport=dt_socket,server=y,suspend=y,address=*:5005
       - /example-exporter-opentelemetry.jar
   collector:
-    image: otel/opentelemetry-collector-contrib:0.160.0@sha256:799dc6cf12c96192af37b5bdba804da8c10b3bc563b43cb90c3f3c58d9572ad6
+    image: otel/opentelemetry-collector-contrib:0.161.0@sha256:fd328de2552466ad78385e1b1289c3f2402b1c45f265b252aab1955b42845ac1
     network_mode: host
     volumes:
       - ./config/otelcol-config.yaml:/config.yaml