diff --git a/examples/pom.xml b/examples/pom.xml
index 463b36b84..3bb4e6981 100644
--- a/examples/pom.xml
+++ b/examples/pom.xml
@@ -22,8 +22,7 @@
     <maven.compiler.source>${java.version}</maven.compiler.source>
     <maven.compiler.target>${java.version}</maven.compiler.target>
     <spotbugs.fail>false</spotbugs.fail>
-    <opentelemetry.version>1.14.0</opentelemetry.version>
-    <opentelemetry-sdk-metrics.version>1.41.0</opentelemetry-sdk-metrics.version>
+    <opentelemetry.version>1.41.0</opentelemetry.version>
     <zipkin.version>2.16.3</zipkin.version>
   </properties>
 
@@ -87,7 +86,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>io.opentelemetry</groupId>
       <artifactId>opentelemetry-sdk-metrics</artifactId>
-      <version>${opentelemetry-sdk-metrics.version}</version>
+      <version>${opentelemetry.version}</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>io.zipkin.reporter2</groupId>