diff --git a/examples/arango-local-storage.yaml b/examples/arango-local-storage.yaml
index 6c986ecd0..f6771914b 100644
--- a/examples/arango-local-storage.yaml
+++ b/examples/arango-local-storage.yaml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-apiVersion: "storage.arangodb.com/v1alpha"
+apiVersion: "storage.arangodb.com/v1"
 kind: "ArangoLocalStorage"
 metadata:
   name: "arangodb-local-storage"
diff --git a/examples/cluster1-with-sync.yaml b/examples/cluster1-with-sync.yaml
index 0386e309c..fb767405d 100644
--- a/examples/cluster1-with-sync.yaml
+++ b/examples/cluster1-with-sync.yaml
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
-apiVersion: "database.arangodb.com/v1alpha"
+apiVersion: "database.arangodb.com/v1"
 kind: "ArangoDeployment"
 metadata:
   name: "cluster1-with-sync"
 spec:
   mode: Cluster
-  image: arangodb/arangodb:3.6.1
+  image: 'arangodb/arangodb:3.7.10'
   tls:
     altNames: ["kube-01", "kube-02", "kube-03"]
   sync:
diff --git a/examples/cluster2-with-sync.yaml b/examples/cluster2-with-sync.yaml
index 8deb8e721..9ec5bbca3 100644
--- a/examples/cluster2-with-sync.yaml
+++ b/examples/cluster2-with-sync.yaml
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
-apiVersion: "database.arangodb.com/v1alpha"
+apiVersion: "database.arangodb.com/v1"
 kind: "ArangoDeployment"
 metadata:
   name: "cluster2-with-sync"
 spec:
   mode: Cluster
-  image: arangodb/arangodb:3.6.1
+  image: 'arangodb/arangodb:3.7.10'
   tls:
     altNames: ["kube-01", "kube-02", "kube-03"]
   sync:
diff --git a/examples/production-cluster-with-metrics.yaml b/examples/production-cluster-with-metrics.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..5bda11e4e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/production-cluster-with-metrics.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+apiVersion: "database.arangodb.com/v1"
+kind: "ArangoDeployment"
+metadata:
+  name: "production-cluster"
+spec:
+  metrics:
+    mode: sidecar
+    enabled: true
+    image: 'arangodb/arangodb-exporter:0.1.7'
+    tls: false
+  annotations:
+    prometheus.io/scrape: 'true'
+    prometheus.io/port: '9101'
+    prometheus.io/scrape_interval: '5s'
+  mode: Cluster
+  image: arangodb/arangodb:3.7.10'
+  environment: Production
diff --git a/examples/production-cluster.yaml b/examples/production-cluster.yaml
index 9abacf37b..2fef864b4 100644
--- a/examples/production-cluster.yaml
+++ b/examples/production-cluster.yaml
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
-apiVersion: "database.arangodb.com/v1alpha"
+apiVersion: "database.arangodb.com/v1"
 kind: "ArangoDeployment"
 metadata:
   name: "production-cluster"
 spec:
   mode: Cluster
-  image: arangodb/arangodb:3.6.1
+  image: 'arangodb/arangodb:3.7.10'
   environment: Production
diff --git a/examples/reboot-pod.yaml b/examples/reboot-pod.yaml
index 12b923f7f..df7505366 100644
--- a/examples/reboot-pod.yaml
+++ b/examples/reboot-pod.yaml
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ spec:
       command: ["arangodb_operator", "reboot"]
       args:
         - --deployment-name=my-arangodb-cluster
-        - --image-name=arangodb/enterprise:3.6.1
+        - --image-name=arangodb/enterprise:3.7.10
         - --license-secret-name=arangodb-license-key
         - --coordinators=3
         - pvc-9aa241f7-df94-11e9-b74c-42010aac0044
diff --git a/examples/simple-cluster-no-tls.yaml b/examples/simple-cluster-no-tls.yaml
index 8d21dadc1..aa991c3af 100644
--- a/examples/simple-cluster-no-tls.yaml
+++ b/examples/simple-cluster-no-tls.yaml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-apiVersion: "database.arangodb.com/v1alpha"
+apiVersion: "database.arangodb.com/v1"
 kind: "ArangoDeployment"
 metadata:
   name: "example-simple-cluster-no-tls"
diff --git a/examples/simple-cluster-with-metrics.yaml b/examples/simple-cluster-with-metrics.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..742b0a73e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/simple-cluster-with-metrics.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+apiVersion: "database.arangodb.com/v1"
+kind: "ArangoDeployment"
+metadata:
+  name: "example-simple-cluster"
+spec:
+  metrics:
+    mode: sidecar
+    enabled: true
+    image: 'arangodb/arangodb-exporter:0.1.7'
+    tls: false
+  annotations:
+    prometheus.io/scrape: 'true'
+    prometheus.io/port: '9101'
+    prometheus.io/scrape_interval: '5s'
+  mode: Cluster
+  image: 'arangodb/arangodb:3.7.10'
diff --git a/examples/simple-cluster.yaml b/examples/simple-cluster.yaml
index 4494f94a8..fb62ef2ab 100644
--- a/examples/simple-cluster.yaml
+++ b/examples/simple-cluster.yaml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
-apiVersion: "database.arangodb.com/v1alpha"
+apiVersion: "database.arangodb.com/v1"
 kind: "ArangoDeployment"
 metadata:
   name: "example-simple-cluster"
 spec:
   mode: Cluster
-  image: arangodb/arangodb:3.6.1
+  image: 'arangodb/arangodb:3.7.10'
diff --git a/examples/single-server-no-auth.yaml b/examples/single-server-no-auth.yaml
index b2153f674..2dbeddc06 100644
--- a/examples/single-server-no-auth.yaml
+++ b/examples/single-server-no-auth.yaml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-apiVersion: "database.arangodb.com/v1alpha"
+apiVersion: "database.arangodb.com/v1"
 kind: "ArangoDeployment"
 metadata:
   name: "example-simple-single-no-auth"
diff --git a/examples/single-server.yaml b/examples/single-server.yaml
index d1d8acbf3..b1f881779 100644
--- a/examples/single-server.yaml
+++ b/examples/single-server.yaml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
-apiVersion: "database.arangodb.com/v1alpha"
+apiVersion: "database.arangodb.com/v1"
 kind: "ArangoDeployment"
 metadata:
   name: "example-simple-single"
 spec:
   mode: Single
-  image: arangodb/arangodb:3.6.1
+  image: 'arangodb/arangodb:3.7.10'