diff --git a/examples/rethinkdb/.DS_Store b/examples/rethinkdb/.DS_Store
deleted file mode 100644
index 92dcb092c3a..00000000000
Binary files a/examples/rethinkdb/.DS_Store and /dev/null differ
diff --git a/examples/rethinkdb/README.md b/examples/rethinkdb/README.md
index ca99d3f3a09..a41f8be8027 100644
--- a/examples/rethinkdb/README.md
+++ b/examples/rethinkdb/README.md
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ rethinkdb-driver   db=influxdb   db=rethinkdb              10.0.27.114      2801
 We request for an external load balancer in the [admin-service.yaml](admin-service.yaml) file:
 
 ```
-createExternalLoadBalancer: true
+type: LoadBalancer
 ```
 
 The external load balancer allows us to access the service from outside via an external IP, which is 104.197.19.120 in this case. 
diff --git a/examples/rethinkdb/admin-pod.yaml b/examples/rethinkdb/admin-pod.yaml
index 87cf82c3ce5..953f5b3ca14 100644
--- a/examples/rethinkdb/admin-pod.yaml
+++ b/examples/rethinkdb/admin-pod.yaml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-apiVersion: v1beta3
+apiVersion: v1
 kind: Pod
 metadata:
   labels:
diff --git a/examples/rethinkdb/admin-service.yaml b/examples/rethinkdb/admin-service.yaml
index 6820e74eab1..15ed78f8af5 100644
--- a/examples/rethinkdb/admin-service.yaml
+++ b/examples/rethinkdb/admin-service.yaml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-apiVersion: v1beta3
+apiVersion: v1
 kind: Service
 metadata:
   labels:
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ spec:
   ports:
    - port: 8080
      targetPort: 8080
-  createExternalLoadBalancer: true
+  type: LoadBalancer
   selector:
     db: rethinkdb
     role: admin
diff --git a/examples/rethinkdb/driver-service.yaml b/examples/rethinkdb/driver-service.yaml
index 824afac8790..51715b50272 100644
--- a/examples/rethinkdb/driver-service.yaml
+++ b/examples/rethinkdb/driver-service.yaml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-apiVersion: v1beta3
+apiVersion: v1
 kind: Service
 metadata:
   labels:
diff --git a/examples/rethinkdb/gen-pod.sh b/examples/rethinkdb/gen-pod.sh
index 11681aaedd2..55678cce100 100755
--- a/examples/rethinkdb/gen-pod.sh
+++ b/examples/rethinkdb/gen-pod.sh
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ if [[ ! -z "${2-}" ]]; then
 fi
 
 cat << EOF
-apiVersion: v1beta3
+apiVersion: v1
 kind: Pod
 metadata:
   labels:
diff --git a/examples/rethinkdb/rc.yaml b/examples/rethinkdb/rc.yaml
index 558a7c86ad8..9c091570744 100644
--- a/examples/rethinkdb/rc.yaml
+++ b/examples/rethinkdb/rc.yaml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-apiVersion: v1beta3
+apiVersion: v1
 kind: ReplicationController
 metadata:
   labels: