diff --git a/examples/https/pom.xml b/examples/https/pom.xml
index f930d500d..526a9fe8b 100644
--- a/examples/https/pom.xml
+++ b/examples/https/pom.xml
@@ -68,9 +68,9 @@
                         <executions>
                             <execution>
                                 <configuration>
-                                    <systemProperties>
+                                    <systemPropertyVariables>
                                         <quarkus.ssl.native>${quarkus.ssl.native}</quarkus.ssl.native>
-                                    </systemProperties>
+                                    </systemPropertyVariables>
                                 </configuration>
                             </execution>
                         </executions>
diff --git a/examples/kafka/pom.xml b/examples/kafka/pom.xml
index b81fc2aa4..3c5b2de50 100644
--- a/examples/kafka/pom.xml
+++ b/examples/kafka/pom.xml
@@ -50,10 +50,10 @@
                 <executions>
                     <execution>
                         <configuration>
-                            <systemProperties>
+                            <systemPropertyVariables>
                                 <custom.kafka.image>quay.io/strimzi/kafka</custom.kafka.image>
                                 <custom.kafka.version>0.41.0-kafka-3.7.0</custom.kafka.version>
-                            </systemProperties>
+                            </systemPropertyVariables>
                         </configuration>
                     </execution>
                 </executions>
diff --git a/examples/quarkus-cli/pom.xml b/examples/quarkus-cli/pom.xml
index 67a35ad28..ae4ab7b5c 100644
--- a/examples/quarkus-cli/pom.xml
+++ b/examples/quarkus-cli/pom.xml
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                 <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
+                <version>${surefire-plugin.version}</version>
                 <!-- Skip unit tests as we only want to run ITs -->
                 <!-- This will allow us to have unit tests for apps created via CLI in src/test/java -->
                 <!-- Which makes them better maintainable from IDE than Java classes in resources -->