diff --git a/examples/example-custom-buckets/docker-compose.yaml b/examples/example-custom-buckets/docker-compose.yaml
index d335774cd..b1622c08e 100644
--- a/examples/example-custom-buckets/docker-compose.yaml
+++ b/examples/example-custom-buckets/docker-compose.yaml
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ services:
       - -jar
       - /example-custom-buckets.jar
   prometheus:
-    image: prom/prometheus:v3.15.1@sha256:fa3302279710be2f21a8301ec17a8b4f2301fd829bd113839b3b6b02b6f191a2
+    image: prom/prometheus:v3.16.0@sha256:e04987641b57704f408e31f6373ba4138ecf27cb4a165d24aabb6c38fddd0f06
     network_mode: host
     volumes:
       - ./docker-compose/prometheus.yml:/prometheus.yml
diff --git a/examples/example-exemplars-tail-sampling/docker-compose.yaml b/examples/example-exemplars-tail-sampling/docker-compose.yaml
index dca2aaf60..068313d63 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:v3.15.1@sha256:fa3302279710be2f21a8301ec17a8b4f2301fd829bd113839b3b6b02b6f191a2
+    image: prom/prometheus:v3.16.0@sha256:e04987641b57704f408e31f6373ba4138ecf27cb4a165d24aabb6c38fddd0f06
     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 b0f50da9d..6bba89316 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:v3.15.1@sha256:fa3302279710be2f21a8301ec17a8b4f2301fd829bd113839b3b6b02b6f191a2
+    image: prom/prometheus:v3.16.0@sha256:e04987641b57704f408e31f6373ba4138ecf27cb4a165d24aabb6c38fddd0f06
     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 7831ee310..66ed492c3 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:v3.15.1@sha256:fa3302279710be2f21a8301ec17a8b4f2301fd829bd113839b3b6b02b6f191a2
+    image: prom/prometheus:v3.16.0@sha256:e04987641b57704f408e31f6373ba4138ecf27cb4a165d24aabb6c38fddd0f06
     network_mode: host
     volumes:
       - ./docker-compose/prometheus.yml:/prometheus.yml