diff --git a/plugins/zenoh-plugin-rest/examples/z_serve_sse.rs b/plugins/zenoh-plugin-rest/examples/z_serve_sse.rs
index d196b52c59..0c6eb4357b 100644
--- a/plugins/zenoh-plugin-rest/examples/z_serve_sse.rs
+++ b/plugins/zenoh-plugin-rest/examples/z_serve_sse.rs
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ fn parse_args() -> Config {
         .arg(arg!(-l --listen [ENDPOINT]...  "Endpoints to listen on."))
         .arg(arg!(-c --config [FILE] "A configuration file."))
         .arg(
-            arg!(--no-multicast-scouting "Disable the multicast-based scouting mechanism."
+            arg!(--"no-multicast-scouting" "Disable the multicast-based scouting mechanism."
             ),
         )
         .get_matches();
diff --git a/zenoh-ext/examples/z_pub_cache.rs b/zenoh-ext/examples/z_pub_cache.rs
index 516cb3bd83..74f2ada1f8 100644
--- a/zenoh-ext/examples/z_pub_cache.rs
+++ b/zenoh-ext/examples/z_pub_cache.rs
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ fn parse_args() -> (Config, String, String, usize, Option<String>) {
         )
         .arg(arg!(-x --prefix [STRING] "An optional queryable prefix"))
         .arg(arg!(-c --config [FILE]      "A configuration file."))
-        .arg(arg!(--no-multicast-scouting "Disable the multicast-based scouting mechanism."))
+        .arg(arg!(--"no-multicast-scouting" "Disable the multicast-based scouting mechanism."))
         .get_matches();
 
     let mut config = if let Some(conf_file) = args.get_one::<&String>("config") {
@@ -97,10 +97,10 @@ fn parse_args() -> (Config, String, String, usize, Option<String>) {
         .set_enabled(Some(ModeDependentValue::Unique(true)))
         .unwrap();
 
-    let key_expr = args.get_one::<&String>("key").unwrap().to_string();
-    let value = args.get_one::<&String>("value").unwrap().to_string();
-    let history: usize = args.get_one::<&String>("history").unwrap().parse().unwrap();
-    let prefix = args.get_one::<&String>("prefix").map(|s| (*s).to_owned());
+    let key_expr = args.get_one::<String>("key").unwrap().to_string();
+    let value = args.get_one::<String>("value").unwrap().to_string();
+    let history: usize = args.get_one::<String>("history").unwrap().parse().unwrap();
+    let prefix = args.get_one::<String>("prefix").map(|s| (*s).to_owned());
 
     (config, key_expr, value, history, prefix)
 }
diff --git a/zenoh-ext/examples/z_query_sub.rs b/zenoh-ext/examples/z_query_sub.rs
index 4d308bca51..73433ebf14 100644
--- a/zenoh-ext/examples/z_query_sub.rs
+++ b/zenoh-ext/examples/z_query_sub.rs
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ fn parse_args() -> (Config, String, Option<String>) {
             arg!(-q --query [SELECTOR] "The selector to use for queries (by default it's same than 'selector' option)")
         )
         .arg(arg!(-c --config [FILE]      "A configuration file."))
-        .arg(arg!(--no-multicast-scouting "Disable the multicast-based scouting mechanism."))
+        .arg(arg!(--"no-multicast-scouting" "Disable the multicast-based scouting mechanism."))
         .get_matches();
 
     let mut config = if let Some(conf_file) = args.get_one::<&String>("config") {
@@ -120,8 +120,8 @@ fn parse_args() -> (Config, String, Option<String>) {
         config.scouting.multicast.set_enabled(Some(false)).unwrap();
     }
 
-    let key_expr = args.get_one::<&String>("key").unwrap().to_string();
-    let query = args.get_one::<&String>("query").map(ToString::to_string);
+    let key_expr = args.get_one::<String>("key").unwrap().to_string();
+    let query = args.get_one::<String>("query").map(ToString::to_string);
 
     (config, key_expr, query)
 }
diff --git a/zenoh-ext/examples/z_view_size.rs b/zenoh-ext/examples/z_view_size.rs
index 5756048853..8304a26f31 100644
--- a/zenoh-ext/examples/z_view_size.rs
+++ b/zenoh-ext/examples/z_view_size.rs
@@ -99,10 +99,10 @@ fn parse_args() -> (Config, String, Option<String>, usize, u64) {
             .extend(values.map(|v| v.parse().unwrap()))
     }
 
-    let group = args.get_one::<&String>("group").unwrap().to_string();
-    let id = args.get_one::<&String>("id").map(|v| (*v).to_owned());
-    let size: usize = args.get_one::<&String>("size").unwrap().parse().unwrap();
-    let timeout: u64 = args.get_one::<&String>("timeout").unwrap().parse().unwrap();
+    let group = args.get_one::<String>("group").unwrap().to_string();
+    let id = args.get_one::<String>("id").map(|v| (*v).to_owned());
+    let size: usize = args.get_one::<String>("size").unwrap().parse().unwrap();
+    let timeout: u64 = args.get_one::<String>("timeout").unwrap().parse().unwrap();
 
     (config, group, id, size, timeout)
 }