diff --git a/example/pom.xml b/example/pom.xml
index 9727be7..294e5f8 100644
--- a/example/pom.xml
+++ b/example/pom.xml
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
     <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.cloud.mcp</groupId>
         <artifactId>mcp-toolbox-sdk-java</artifactId>
-        <version>0.3.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>0.3.0-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:mcp-toolbox-sdk-java:current} -->
     </dependency>
 
     <dependency>
diff --git a/release-please-config.json b/release-please-config.json
index 89b3703..0b6fb30 100644
--- a/release-please-config.json
+++ b/release-please-config.json
@@ -29,7 +29,8 @@
       "package-name": "mcp-toolbox-sdk-java",
       "extra-files": [
         "README.md",
-        "example/README.md"
+        "example/README.md",
+        "example/pom.xml"
       ]
     }
   },