diff --git a/samples/grpc/iot-service-scala/build.sbt b/samples/grpc/iot-service-scala/build.sbt
index 8c27fa510..7c0d26999 100644
--- a/samples/grpc/iot-service-scala/build.sbt
+++ b/samples/grpc/iot-service-scala/build.sbt
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ val AkkaHttpVersion = "10.6.0"
 val AkkaManagementVersion = "1.5.0"
 val AkkaPersistenceR2dbcVersion = "1.2.0"
 val AkkaProjectionVersion =
-  sys.props.getOrElse("akka-projection.version", "1.5.0-M5")
+  sys.props.getOrElse("akka-projection.version", "1.5.0")
 val AkkaDiagnosticsVersion = "2.1.0"
 
 enablePlugins(AkkaGrpcPlugin)
diff --git a/samples/grpc/local-drone-control-java/kubernetes/deployment.yml b/samples/grpc/local-drone-control-java/kubernetes/deployment.yml
index 40ff1a6aa..6d9f8d64f 100644
--- a/samples/grpc/local-drone-control-java/kubernetes/deployment.yml
+++ b/samples/grpc/local-drone-control-java/kubernetes/deployment.yml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ spec:
       containers:
         - name: local-drone-control-service
           # use specific image version from docker publish
-          image: johanandren/local-drone-control:20230922-090652-37e49e0
+          image: local-drone-control:latest
           # these will need to be increased/tuned for production environments!
           resources:
             limits:
diff --git a/samples/grpc/local-drone-control-java/kubernetes/deployment2.yml b/samples/grpc/local-drone-control-java/kubernetes/deployment2.yml
index ce3e3a7e0..64bfa9a63 100644
--- a/samples/grpc/local-drone-control-java/kubernetes/deployment2.yml
+++ b/samples/grpc/local-drone-control-java/kubernetes/deployment2.yml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ spec:
       containers:
         - name: restaurant-drone-deliveries-service-2
           # use specific image version from docker publish
-          image: johanandren/local-drone-control:20230922-090652-37e49e0
+          image: local-drone-control:latest
           # these will need to be increased/tuned for production environments!
           resources:
             limits:
diff --git a/samples/grpc/local-drone-control-java/pom.xml b/samples/grpc/local-drone-control-java/pom.xml
index 4b16c3d74..ba65b9951 100644
--- a/samples/grpc/local-drone-control-java/pom.xml
+++ b/samples/grpc/local-drone-control-java/pom.xml
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
     <properties>
         <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
         <akka.version>2.9.0</akka.version>
-        <akka-projection.version>1.5.0-M5</akka-projection.version>
+        <akka-projection.version>1.5.0</akka-projection.version>
         <akka-persistence-r2dbc.version>1.2.0</akka-persistence-r2dbc.version>
         <akka-management.version>1.5.0</akka-management.version>
         <akka-diagnostics.version>2.1.0</akka-diagnostics.version>
diff --git a/samples/grpc/local-drone-control-scala/build.sbt b/samples/grpc/local-drone-control-scala/build.sbt
index 991099d69..0e562f2da 100644
--- a/samples/grpc/local-drone-control-scala/build.sbt
+++ b/samples/grpc/local-drone-control-scala/build.sbt
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ val AkkaHttpVersion = "10.6.0"
 val AkkaManagementVersion = "1.5.0"
 val AkkaPersistenceR2dbcVersion = "1.2.0"
 val AkkaProjectionVersion =
-  sys.props.getOrElse("akka-projection.version", "1.5.0-M5")
+  sys.props.getOrElse("akka-projection.version", "1.5.0")
 val AkkaDiagnosticsVersion = "2.1.0"
 
 enablePlugins(AkkaGrpcPlugin)
diff --git a/samples/grpc/local-drone-control-scala/kubernetes/deployment.yml b/samples/grpc/local-drone-control-scala/kubernetes/deployment.yml
index b482aa4cf..6d9f8d64f 100644
--- a/samples/grpc/local-drone-control-scala/kubernetes/deployment.yml
+++ b/samples/grpc/local-drone-control-scala/kubernetes/deployment.yml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ spec:
       containers:
         - name: local-drone-control-service
           # use specific image version from docker publish
-          image: johanandren/local-drone-control:1.5.0-M5-19-c60e764f-20230921-1639
+          image: local-drone-control:latest
           # these will need to be increased/tuned for production environments!
           resources:
             limits:
diff --git a/samples/grpc/local-drone-control-scala/kubernetes/deploymentn.yml b/samples/grpc/local-drone-control-scala/kubernetes/deploymentn.yml
index 18d74ebd3..95266f54c 100644
--- a/samples/grpc/local-drone-control-scala/kubernetes/deploymentn.yml
+++ b/samples/grpc/local-drone-control-scala/kubernetes/deploymentn.yml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ spec:
       containers:
         - name: restaurant-drone-deliveries-service-45
           # use specific image version from docker publish
-          image: johanandren/local-drone-control:1.5.0-M4-31-1976d92e-20231009-1730
+          image: local-drone-control:latest
           # these will need to be increased/tuned for production environments!
           resources:
             limits:
@@ -64,4 +64,4 @@ spec:
   ports:
     - protocol: TCP
       port: 8080
-      targetPort: 8080
\ No newline at end of file
+      targetPort: 8080
diff --git a/samples/grpc/restaurant-drone-deliveries-service-java/kubernetes/deployment.yml b/samples/grpc/restaurant-drone-deliveries-service-java/kubernetes/deployment.yml
index 6bdc98675..6d577bd4f 100644
--- a/samples/grpc/restaurant-drone-deliveries-service-java/kubernetes/deployment.yml
+++ b/samples/grpc/restaurant-drone-deliveries-service-java/kubernetes/deployment.yml
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ spec:
       containers:
         - name: restaurant-drone-deliveries-service
           # use specific image version from docker publish
-          image: johanandren/restaurant-drone-deliveries-service:20230922-090652-37e49e0
+          image: restaurant-drone-deliveries-service:latest
           # these will need to be increased/tuned for production environments!
           resources:
             limits:
diff --git a/samples/grpc/restaurant-drone-deliveries-service-java/pom.xml b/samples/grpc/restaurant-drone-deliveries-service-java/pom.xml
index 05215b96a..88bc41fed 100644
--- a/samples/grpc/restaurant-drone-deliveries-service-java/pom.xml
+++ b/samples/grpc/restaurant-drone-deliveries-service-java/pom.xml
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
     <properties>
         <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
         <akka.version>2.9.0</akka.version>
-        <akka-projection.version>1.5.0-M5</akka-projection.version>
+        <akka-projection.version>1.5.0</akka-projection.version>
         <akka-persistence-r2dbc.version>1.2.0</akka-persistence-r2dbc.version>
         <akka-management.version>1.5.0</akka-management.version>
         <akka-diagnostics.version>2.1.0</akka-diagnostics.version>
diff --git a/samples/grpc/restaurant-drone-deliveries-service-scala/build.sbt b/samples/grpc/restaurant-drone-deliveries-service-scala/build.sbt
index e0587f2cb..090e5f9c9 100644
--- a/samples/grpc/restaurant-drone-deliveries-service-scala/build.sbt
+++ b/samples/grpc/restaurant-drone-deliveries-service-scala/build.sbt
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ val AkkaHttpVersion = "10.6.0"
 val AkkaManagementVersion = "1.5.0"
 val AkkaPersistenceR2dbcVersion = "1.2.0"
 val AkkaProjectionVersion =
-  sys.props.getOrElse("akka-projection.version", "1.5.0-M5")
+  sys.props.getOrElse("akka-projection.version", "1.5.0")
 val AkkaDiagnosticsVersion = "2.1.0"
 
 enablePlugins(AkkaGrpcPlugin)
diff --git a/samples/grpc/restaurant-drone-deliveries-service-scala/kubernetes/deployment.yml b/samples/grpc/restaurant-drone-deliveries-service-scala/kubernetes/deployment.yml
index 48282124f..6d577bd4f 100644
--- a/samples/grpc/restaurant-drone-deliveries-service-scala/kubernetes/deployment.yml
+++ b/samples/grpc/restaurant-drone-deliveries-service-scala/kubernetes/deployment.yml
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ spec:
       containers:
         - name: restaurant-drone-deliveries-service
           # use specific image version from docker publish
-          image: johanandren/restaurant-drone-deliveries-service:1.5.0-M5-19-c60e764f-20230921-1525
+          image: restaurant-drone-deliveries-service:latest
           # these will need to be increased/tuned for production environments!
           resources:
             limits:
diff --git a/samples/grpc/shopping-analytics-service-java/pom.xml b/samples/grpc/shopping-analytics-service-java/pom.xml
index 83225b1c0..43ce774fa 100644
--- a/samples/grpc/shopping-analytics-service-java/pom.xml
+++ b/samples/grpc/shopping-analytics-service-java/pom.xml
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
     <properties>
         <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
         <akka.version>2.9.0</akka.version>
-        <akka-projection.version>1.5.0-M5</akka-projection.version>
+        <akka-projection.version>1.5.0</akka-projection.version>
         <akka-persistence-r2dbc.version>1.2.0</akka-persistence-r2dbc.version>
         <akka-management.version>1.5.0</akka-management.version>
         <akka-diagnostics.version>2.1.0</akka-diagnostics.version>
diff --git a/samples/grpc/shopping-analytics-service-scala/build.sbt b/samples/grpc/shopping-analytics-service-scala/build.sbt
index 3f441b88f..ca78a798c 100644
--- a/samples/grpc/shopping-analytics-service-scala/build.sbt
+++ b/samples/grpc/shopping-analytics-service-scala/build.sbt
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ val AkkaHttpVersion = "10.6.0"
 val AkkaManagementVersion = "1.5.0"
 val AkkaPersistenceR2dbcVersion = "1.2.0"
 val AkkaProjectionVersion =
-  sys.props.getOrElse("akka-projection.version", "1.5.0-M5")
+  sys.props.getOrElse("akka-projection.version", "1.5.0")
 val AkkaDiagnosticsVersion = "2.1.0"
 
 enablePlugins(AkkaGrpcPlugin)
diff --git a/samples/grpc/shopping-cart-service-java/pom.xml b/samples/grpc/shopping-cart-service-java/pom.xml
index d785da0fa..22234aa4c 100644
--- a/samples/grpc/shopping-cart-service-java/pom.xml
+++ b/samples/grpc/shopping-cart-service-java/pom.xml
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
     <properties>
         <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
         <akka.version>2.9.0</akka.version>
-        <akka-projection.version>1.5.0-M5</akka-projection.version>
+        <akka-projection.version>1.5.0</akka-projection.version>
         <akka-persistence-r2dbc.version>1.2.0</akka-persistence-r2dbc.version>
         <akka-management.version>1.5.0</akka-management.version>
         <akka-diagnostics.version>2.1.0</akka-diagnostics.version>
diff --git a/samples/grpc/shopping-cart-service-scala/build.sbt b/samples/grpc/shopping-cart-service-scala/build.sbt
index 6454abf20..fe33e4c81 100644
--- a/samples/grpc/shopping-cart-service-scala/build.sbt
+++ b/samples/grpc/shopping-cart-service-scala/build.sbt
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ val AkkaHttpVersion = "10.6.0"
 val AkkaManagementVersion = "1.5.0"
 val AkkaPersistenceR2dbcVersion = "1.2.0"
 val AkkaProjectionVersion =
-  sys.props.getOrElse("akka-projection.version", "1.5.0-M5")
+  sys.props.getOrElse("akka-projection.version", "1.5.0")
 val AkkaDiagnosticsVersion = "2.1.0"
 
 enablePlugins(AkkaGrpcPlugin)
diff --git a/samples/replicated/shopping-cart-service-java/pom.xml b/samples/replicated/shopping-cart-service-java/pom.xml
index 5a254dadc..4f7ea1a17 100644
--- a/samples/replicated/shopping-cart-service-java/pom.xml
+++ b/samples/replicated/shopping-cart-service-java/pom.xml
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
     <properties>
         <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
         <akka.version>2.9.0</akka.version>
-        <akka-projection.version>1.5.0-M5</akka-projection.version>
+        <akka-projection.version>1.5.0</akka-projection.version>
         <akka-persistence-r2dbc.version>1.2.0</akka-persistence-r2dbc.version>
         <akka-management.version>1.5.0</akka-management.version>
         <akka-diagnostics.version>2.1.0</akka-diagnostics.version>
diff --git a/samples/replicated/shopping-cart-service-scala/build.sbt b/samples/replicated/shopping-cart-service-scala/build.sbt
index ea873a018..7dcfd8eaf 100644
--- a/samples/replicated/shopping-cart-service-scala/build.sbt
+++ b/samples/replicated/shopping-cart-service-scala/build.sbt
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ val AkkaHttpVersion = "10.6.0"
 val AkkaManagementVersion = "1.5.0"
 val AkkaPersistenceR2dbcVersion = "1.2.0"
 val AkkaProjectionVersion =
-  sys.props.getOrElse("akka-projection.version", "1.5.0-M5")
+  sys.props.getOrElse("akka-projection.version", "1.5.0")
 val AkkaDiagnosticsVersion = "2.1.0"
 
 enablePlugins(AkkaGrpcPlugin)