diff --git a/examples/cluster1-with-sync.yaml b/examples/cluster1-with-sync.yaml
index aeaa2db0f..e583b22a4 100644
--- a/examples/cluster1-with-sync.yaml
+++ b/examples/cluster1-with-sync.yaml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ metadata:
   name: "cluster1-with-sync"
 spec:
   mode: Cluster
-  image: 'arangodb/arangodb:3.7.10'
+  image: 'arangodb/arangodb:3.10.6'
   tls:
     altNames: ["kube-01", "kube-02", "kube-03"]
   sync:
diff --git a/examples/cluster2-with-sync.yaml b/examples/cluster2-with-sync.yaml
index 48526ee60..759e35343 100644
--- a/examples/cluster2-with-sync.yaml
+++ b/examples/cluster2-with-sync.yaml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ metadata:
   name: "cluster2-with-sync"
 spec:
   mode: Cluster
-  image: 'arangodb/arangodb:3.7.10'
+  image: 'arangodb/arangodb:3.10.6'
   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
index 10251ee4a..c7c3e7625 100644
--- a/examples/production-cluster-with-metrics.yaml
+++ b/examples/production-cluster-with-metrics.yaml
@@ -13,5 +13,5 @@ spec:
     prometheus.io/port: '9101'
     prometheus.io/scrape_interval: '5s'
   mode: Cluster
-  image: 'arangodb/arangodb:3.7.10'
+  image: 'arangodb/arangodb:3.10.6'
   environment: Production
diff --git a/examples/production-cluster.yaml b/examples/production-cluster.yaml
index 2fef864b4..4d5c173ff 100644
--- a/examples/production-cluster.yaml
+++ b/examples/production-cluster.yaml
@@ -4,5 +4,5 @@ metadata:
   name: "production-cluster"
 spec:
   mode: Cluster
-  image: 'arangodb/arangodb:3.7.10'
+  image: 'arangodb/arangodb:3.10.6'
   environment: Production
diff --git a/examples/reboot-pod.yaml b/examples/reboot-pod.yaml
index 6dd9196b1..fb41e53e7 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:3.7.10
+        - --image-name=arangodb/enterprise:3.10.6
         - --license-secret-name=arangodb-license-key
         - --coordinators=3
         - pvc-9aa241f7-df94-11e9-b74c-42010aac0044
diff --git a/examples/simple-cluster-with-metrics.yaml b/examples/simple-cluster-with-metrics.yaml
index b938a6905..b2d3320ab 100644
--- a/examples/simple-cluster-with-metrics.yaml
+++ b/examples/simple-cluster-with-metrics.yaml
@@ -13,4 +13,4 @@ spec:
     prometheus.io/port: '9101'
     prometheus.io/scrape_interval: '5s'
   mode: Cluster
-  image: 'arangodb/arangodb:3.7.10'
+  image: 'arangodb/arangodb:3.10.6'
diff --git a/examples/simple-cluster.yaml b/examples/simple-cluster.yaml
index fb62ef2ab..32a7d690f 100644
--- a/examples/simple-cluster.yaml
+++ b/examples/simple-cluster.yaml
@@ -4,4 +4,4 @@ metadata:
   name: "example-simple-cluster"
 spec:
   mode: Cluster
-  image: 'arangodb/arangodb:3.7.10'
+  image: 'arangodb/arangodb:3.10.6'
diff --git a/examples/single-server.yaml b/examples/single-server.yaml
index b1f881779..a6d1f7724 100644
--- a/examples/single-server.yaml
+++ b/examples/single-server.yaml
@@ -4,4 +4,4 @@ metadata:
   name: "example-simple-single"
 spec:
   mode: Single
-  image: 'arangodb/arangodb:3.7.10'
+  image: 'arangodb/arangodb:3.10.6'
diff --git a/scripts/patch_examples.sh b/scripts/patch_examples.sh
index 185601f44..077b8dcf1 100755
--- a/scripts/patch_examples.sh
+++ b/scripts/patch_examples.sh
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ if [ -z $VERSION ]; then
     exit 1
 fi
 
-ARANGODB_VERSION=3.7.10
+ARANGODB_VERSION=3.10.6
 
 function replaceInFile {
     local EXPR=$1