diff --git a/examples/example-exemplars-tail-sampling/docker-compose.yaml b/examples/example-exemplars-tail-sampling/docker-compose.yaml
index 9021813d5..b7d8effcd 100644
--- a/examples/example-exemplars-tail-sampling/docker-compose.yaml
+++ b/examples/example-exemplars-tail-sampling/docker-compose.yaml
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ services:
     command:
       - --config=file:/config.yaml
   prometheus:
-    image: prom/prometheus:v3.8.0@sha256:d936808bdea528155c0154a922cd42fd75716b8bb7ba302641350f9f3eaeba09
+    image: prom/prometheus:v3.8.1@sha256:2b6f734e372c1b4717008f7d0a0152316aedd4d13ae17ef1e3268dbfaf68041b
     network_mode: host
     volumes:
       - ./config/prometheus.yaml:/prometheus.yaml
diff --git a/examples/example-exporter-opentelemetry/docker-compose.yaml b/examples/example-exporter-opentelemetry/docker-compose.yaml
index a3f63236e..3f8546129 100644
--- a/examples/example-exporter-opentelemetry/docker-compose.yaml
+++ b/examples/example-exporter-opentelemetry/docker-compose.yaml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ services:
     command:
       - --config=file:/config.yaml
   prometheus:
-    image: prom/prometheus:v3.8.0@sha256:d936808bdea528155c0154a922cd42fd75716b8bb7ba302641350f9f3eaeba09
+    image: prom/prometheus:v3.8.1@sha256:2b6f734e372c1b4717008f7d0a0152316aedd4d13ae17ef1e3268dbfaf68041b
     network_mode: host
     volumes:
       - ./config/prometheus.yaml:/prometheus.yaml
diff --git a/examples/example-native-histogram/docker-compose.yaml b/examples/example-native-histogram/docker-compose.yaml
index ec3fa7895..c3a7c536e 100644
--- a/examples/example-native-histogram/docker-compose.yaml
+++ b/examples/example-native-histogram/docker-compose.yaml
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ services:
       - -jar
       - /example-native-histogram.jar
   prometheus:
-    image: prom/prometheus:v3.8.0@sha256:d936808bdea528155c0154a922cd42fd75716b8bb7ba302641350f9f3eaeba09
+    image: prom/prometheus:v3.8.1@sha256:2b6f734e372c1b4717008f7d0a0152316aedd4d13ae17ef1e3268dbfaf68041b
     network_mode: host
     volumes:
       - ./docker-compose/prometheus.yml:/prometheus.yml