diff --git a/examples/logging/simple-kafka-cluster-opa-log4j.yaml b/examples/logging/simple-kafka-cluster-opa-log4j.yaml
index 9a874dce..a2500223 100644
--- a/examples/logging/simple-kafka-cluster-opa-log4j.yaml
+++ b/examples/logging/simple-kafka-cluster-opa-log4j.yaml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ metadata:
   name: simple-opa
 spec:
   image:
-    productVersion: 1.8.0
+    productVersion: 1.12.2
   servers:
     roleGroups:
       default: {}
diff --git a/examples/opa/simple-kafka-cluster-opa-allow-all.yaml b/examples/opa/simple-kafka-cluster-opa-allow-all.yaml
index 35866bc8..5b7dc70d 100644
--- a/examples/opa/simple-kafka-cluster-opa-allow-all.yaml
+++ b/examples/opa/simple-kafka-cluster-opa-allow-all.yaml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ metadata:
   name: simple-opa
 spec:
   image:
-    productVersion: 1.8.0
+    productVersion: 1.12.2
   servers:
     roleGroups:
       default: {}
diff --git a/tests/templates/kuttl/logging/01-install-kafka-vector-aggregator.yaml b/tests/templates/kuttl/logging/01-install-kafka-vector-aggregator.yaml
index 8667f565..1ad10258 100644
--- a/tests/templates/kuttl/logging/01-install-kafka-vector-aggregator.yaml
+++ b/tests/templates/kuttl/logging/01-install-kafka-vector-aggregator.yaml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ commands:
   - script: >-
       helm install kafka-vector-aggregator vector
       --namespace $NAMESPACE
-      --version 0.45.0
+      --version 0.49.0
       --repo https://helm.vector.dev
       --values kafka-vector-aggregator-values.yaml
 ---