diff --git a/doc/examples/java-example/pom.xml b/doc/examples/java-example/pom.xml
index e89d15f..d1fe47a 100644
--- a/doc/examples/java-example/pom.xml
+++ b/doc/examples/java-example/pom.xml
@@ -25,6 +25,9 @@
   <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
   <name>java-example</name>
   <url>https://maven.apache.org</url>
+  <properties>
+    <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
+  </properties>
   <dependencies>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>junit</groupId>
@@ -35,15 +38,24 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.avro</groupId>
       <artifactId>avro</artifactId>
-      <version>1.7.5</version>
+      <version>1.10.0</version>
     </dependency>
   </dependencies>
   <build>
     <plugins>
       <plugin>
+        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+        <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
+        <version>3.8.1</version>
+        <configuration>
+          <source>1.8</source>
+          <target>1.8</target>
+        </configuration>
+      </plugin>
+      <plugin>
         <groupId>org.apache.avro</groupId>
         <artifactId>avro-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>1.7.5</version>
+        <version>1.10.0</version>
         <executions>
           <execution>
             <phase>generate-sources</phase>
@@ -59,7 +71,8 @@
       </plugin>
       <plugin>
         <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-        <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
+        <artifactId>maven-plugin</artifactId>
+        <version>1.10.0</version>
         <configuration>
           <source>1.8</source>
           <target>1.8</target>
@@ -79,7 +92,7 @@
                   <pluginExecutionFilter>
                     <groupId>org.apache.avro</groupId>
                     <artifactId>avro-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-                    <versionRange>[1.7.5,)</versionRange>
+                    <versionRange>[1.10.0,)</versionRange>
                     <goals>
                       <goal>schema</goal>
                     </goals>
diff --git a/doc/examples/mr-example/pom.xml b/doc/examples/mr-example/pom.xml
index 30c8684..5405fa9 100644
--- a/doc/examples/mr-example/pom.xml
+++ b/doc/examples/mr-example/pom.xml
@@ -27,11 +27,16 @@
 
   <name>mr-example</name>
 
+  <properties>
+    <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
+  </properties>
+
   <build>
     <plugins>
       <plugin>
         <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
         <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
+        <version>3.8.1</version>
         <configuration>
           <source>1.8</source>
           <target>1.8</target>
@@ -40,7 +45,7 @@
       <plugin>
         <groupId>org.apache.avro</groupId>
         <artifactId>avro-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>1.9.0</version>
+        <version>1.10.0</version>
         <executions>
           <execution>
             <phase>generate-sources</phase>
@@ -68,7 +73,7 @@
                   <pluginExecutionFilter>
                     <groupId>org.apache.avro</groupId>
                     <artifactId>avro-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-                    <versionRange>[1.7.5,)</versionRange>
+                    <versionRange>[1.10.0,)</versionRange>
                     <goals>
                       <goal>schema</goal>
                     </goals>
@@ -89,17 +94,17 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.avro</groupId>
       <artifactId>avro</artifactId>
-      <version>1.9.0</version>
+      <version>1.10.0</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.avro</groupId>
       <artifactId>avro-mapred</artifactId>
-      <version>1.9.0</version>
+      <version>1.10.0</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>
       <artifactId>hadoop-client</artifactId>
-      <version>3.1.2</version>
+      <version>3.2.1</version>
     </dependency>
   </dependencies>
 </project>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 8df3b58..028d02b 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -302,6 +302,8 @@
                 <exclude>**/*.egg-info/**</exclude>
                 <exclude>build/**</exclude>
                 <exclude>doc/build/**</exclude>
+                <exclude>doc/examples/java-example/target/**</exclude>
+                <exclude>doc/examples/mr-example/target/**</exclude>
                 <exclude>lang/java/archetypes/**</exclude>
                 <exclude>lang/java/**/target/**</exclude>
                 <exclude>lang/js/node_modules/**</exclude>