diff --git a/examples/exampleKotlinDslProject/build.gradle.kts b/examples/exampleKotlinDslProject/build.gradle.kts
index 75451acf..6fe9e9cb 100644
--- a/examples/exampleKotlinDslProject/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/examples/exampleKotlinDslProject/build.gradle.kts
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ import com.google.protobuf.gradle.*
 plugins {
   id("java")
   id("idea")
-  id("com.google.protobuf") version "0.8.19"
+  id("com.google.protobuf") version "0.9.4"
 }
 
 repositories {
diff --git a/examples/exampleKotlinDslProject/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties b/examples/exampleKotlinDslProject/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
index 5028f28f..17655d0e 100644
--- a/examples/exampleKotlinDslProject/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
+++ b/examples/exampleKotlinDslProject/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 distributionBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
 distributionPath=wrapper/dists
-distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-5.6.4-bin.zip
+distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-8.6-bin.zip
 zipStoreBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
 zipStorePath=wrapper/dists
diff --git a/examples/exampleProject/build.gradle b/examples/exampleProject/build.gradle
index 4fd561f1..500bd25e 100644
--- a/examples/exampleProject/build.gradle
+++ b/examples/exampleProject/build.gradle
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 plugins {
   id('java')
   id('idea')
-  id('com.google.protobuf') version '0.8.19'
+  id('com.google.protobuf') version '0.9.4'
 }
 
 repositories {
diff --git a/examples/exampleProject/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties b/examples/exampleProject/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
index 5028f28f..17655d0e 100644
--- a/examples/exampleProject/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
+++ b/examples/exampleProject/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 distributionBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
 distributionPath=wrapper/dists
-distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-5.6.4-bin.zip
+distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-8.6-bin.zip
 zipStoreBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
 zipStorePath=wrapper/dists