diff --git a/examples/java/collectl/README.adoc b/examples/java/collectl/README.adoc
index 4481d9b..736802b 100644
--- a/examples/java/collectl/README.adoc
+++ b/examples/java/collectl/README.adoc
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@
 
 [source,bash]
 ----
-$ spark2-shell --packages org.apache.kudu:kudu-spark2_2.11:1.15.0
+$ spark2-shell --packages org.apache.kudu:kudu-spark2_2.11:1.16.0
 ----
 
 You can then modify this example script to query the data with SparkSQL:
diff --git a/examples/java/collectl/pom.xml b/examples/java/collectl/pom.xml
index 66d17ec..64d825c 100644
--- a/examples/java/collectl/pom.xml
+++ b/examples/java/collectl/pom.xml
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
   <name>Kudu collectl Example</name>
 
   <properties>
-    <kudu-version>1.15.0</kudu-version>
+    <kudu-version>1.16.0</kudu-version>
   </properties>
 
   <build>
diff --git a/examples/java/insert-loadgen/pom.xml b/examples/java/insert-loadgen/pom.xml
index 8c0a553..15bb7ea 100644
--- a/examples/java/insert-loadgen/pom.xml
+++ b/examples/java/insert-loadgen/pom.xml
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
   <name>Random Insert Load Generator for Kudu</name>
 
   <properties>
-    <kudu-version>1.15.0</kudu-version>
+    <kudu-version>1.16.0</kudu-version>
   </properties>
 
   <build>
diff --git a/examples/java/java-example/pom.xml b/examples/java/java-example/pom.xml
index a7806d2..a99c924 100644
--- a/examples/java/java-example/pom.xml
+++ b/examples/java/java-example/pom.xml
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
   <name>Kudu Java Client Examples</name>
 
   <properties>
-    <kudu-version>1.15.0</kudu-version>
+    <kudu-version>1.16.0</kudu-version>
   </properties>
 
   <build>
diff --git a/examples/quickstart/nifi/README.adoc b/examples/quickstart/nifi/README.adoc
index cf0ed25..c2ee90d 100644
--- a/examples/quickstart/nifi/README.adoc
+++ b/examples/quickstart/nifi/README.adoc
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@
 # Download the kudu-client-tools jar which has the kudu-client and all the dependencies.
 mkdir jars
 mvn dependency:copy \
-    -Dartifact=org.apache.kudu:kudu-client-tools:1.15.0 \
+    -Dartifact=org.apache.kudu:kudu-client-tools:1.16.0 \
     -DoutputDirectory=jars
 # Run the jshell with the jar on the classpath.
 jshell --class-path jars/*
@@ -163,7 +163,7 @@
 
 [source,bash]
 ----
-spark-shell --packages org.apache.kudu:kudu-spark2_2.11:1.15.0
+spark-shell --packages org.apache.kudu:kudu-spark2_2.11:1.16.0
 ----
 
 [source,scala]
diff --git a/examples/quickstart/spark/README.adoc b/examples/quickstart/spark/README.adoc
index 59a3bef..33d4673 100644
--- a/examples/quickstart/spark/README.adoc
+++ b/examples/quickstart/spark/README.adoc
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@
 
 [source,bash]
 ----
-spark-shell --packages org.apache.kudu:kudu-spark2_2.11:1.15.0
+spark-shell --packages org.apache.kudu:kudu-spark2_2.11:1.16.0
 ----
 
 NOTE: The examples below assume you are in the `spark-shell` with the
diff --git a/examples/quickstart/ycsb/README.adoc b/examples/quickstart/ycsb/README.adoc
index dff6e39..49c6714 100644
--- a/examples/quickstart/ycsb/README.adoc
+++ b/examples/quickstart/ycsb/README.adoc
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@
 ----
 git clone https://github.com/brianfrankcooper/YCSB.git
 pushd YCSB
-mvn -Psource-run -pl site.ycsb:kudu-binding -am clean package -DskipTests -Dkudu.version=1.15.0
+mvn -Psource-run -pl site.ycsb:kudu-binding -am clean package -DskipTests -Dkudu.version=1.16.0
 popd
 ----
 
diff --git a/examples/scala/sbt-int-test-example/README.adoc b/examples/scala/sbt-int-test-example/README.adoc
index e7ab018..fb1db0c 100644
--- a/examples/scala/sbt-int-test-example/README.adoc
+++ b/examples/scala/sbt-int-test-example/README.adoc
@@ -57,9 +57,9 @@
     Defaults.itSettings,
     name := "sbt-int-test-example",
     libraryDependencies += "org.scalatest" %% "scalatest" % "3.0.8" % "it,test",
-    libraryDependencies += "org.apache.kudu" % "kudu-client" % "1.15.0",
-    libraryDependencies += "org.apache.kudu" % "kudu-test-utils" % "1.15.0" % "it", //<2>
-    libraryDependencies += "org.apache.kudu" % "kudu-binary" % "1.15.0" % "it" classifier osDetectorClassifier.value, //<3>
+    libraryDependencies += "org.apache.kudu" % "kudu-client" % "1.16.0",
+    libraryDependencies += "org.apache.kudu" % "kudu-test-utils" % "1.16.0" % "it", //<2>
+    libraryDependencies += "org.apache.kudu" % "kudu-binary" % "1.16.0" % "it" classifier osDetectorClassifier.value, //<3>
     libraryDependencies += "ch.qos.logback" % "logback-classic" % "1.2.3",
   )
 ----
diff --git a/examples/scala/sbt-int-test-example/build.sbt b/examples/scala/sbt-int-test-example/build.sbt
index 4c0367f..a7aa4ec 100644
--- a/examples/scala/sbt-int-test-example/build.sbt
+++ b/examples/scala/sbt-int-test-example/build.sbt
@@ -30,8 +30,8 @@
     Defaults.itSettings,
     name := "sbt-int-test-example",
     libraryDependencies += "org.scalatest" %% "scalatest" % "3.2.2" % "it,test",
-    libraryDependencies += "org.apache.kudu" % "kudu-client" % "1.15.0",
-    libraryDependencies += "org.apache.kudu" % "kudu-test-utils" % "1.15.0" % "it",
-    libraryDependencies += "org.apache.kudu" % "kudu-binary" % "1.15.0" % "it" classifier osDetectorClassifier.value,
+    libraryDependencies += "org.apache.kudu" % "kudu-client" % "1.16.0",
+    libraryDependencies += "org.apache.kudu" % "kudu-test-utils" % "1.16.0" % "it",
+    libraryDependencies += "org.apache.kudu" % "kudu-binary" % "1.16.0" % "it" classifier osDetectorClassifier.value,
     libraryDependencies += "ch.qos.logback" % "logback-classic" % "1.2.3",
   )
diff --git a/examples/scala/spark-example/pom.xml b/examples/scala/spark-example/pom.xml
index 2159e29..786cadb 100644
--- a/examples/scala/spark-example/pom.xml
+++ b/examples/scala/spark-example/pom.xml
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
   <name>Kudu Spark Examples</name>
 
   <properties>
-    <kudu-version>1.15.0</kudu-version>
+    <kudu-version>1.16.0</kudu-version>
   </properties>
 
   <build>