diff --git a/examples/docker-for-mac.yml b/examples/docker-for-mac.yml
index 1dc05338f..a00caf728 100644
--- a/examples/docker-for-mac.yml
+++ b/examples/docker-for-mac.yml
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ onboot:
     command: ["/swap.sh", "--path", "/var/lib/swap", "--size", "1024M"]
   # mount-vpnkit mounts the 9p share used by vpnkit to coordinate port forwarding
   - name: mount-vpnkit
-    image: alpine:3.8
+    image: alpine:3.9
     binds:
         - /var/:/host_var:rbind,rshared
     capabilities:
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ onboot:
     command: ["sh", "-c", "mkdir -p /host_var/vpnkit/port && mount -v -t 9p -o trans=virtio,dfltuid=1001,dfltgid=50,version=9p2000 port /host_var/vpnkit"]
   # move logs to the mounted disk (this is a temporary fix until we can limit the log sizes)
   - name: move-logs
-    image: alpine:3.8
+    image: alpine:3.9
     binds:
         - /var:/host_var
     command: ["sh", "-c", "mv -v /host_var/log /host_var/lib && ln -vs /var/lib/log /host_var/log"]
diff --git a/examples/logging.yml b/examples/logging.yml
index 06247653f..e288486d7 100644
--- a/examples/logging.yml
+++ b/examples/logging.yml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ services:
      - INSECURE=true
 # A service which generates log messages for testing
   - name: write-to-the-logs
-    image: alpine:3.8
+    image: alpine:3.9
     command: ["/bin/sh", "-c", "while /bin/true; do echo hello $(date); sleep 1; done" ]
   - name: write-and-rotate-logs
     image: linuxkit/logwrite:62cbf48ee2fcd374f26de7b901adc287ff6f4696
diff --git a/examples/vpnkit-forwarder.yml b/examples/vpnkit-forwarder.yml
index 96f61881e..ccaa2fa0b 100644
--- a/examples/vpnkit-forwarder.yml
+++ b/examples/vpnkit-forwarder.yml
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ onboot:
     image: linuxkit/dhcpcd:85738d3d2f152a7879e17a61444f7714b858c2ee
     command: ["/sbin/dhcpcd", "--nobackground", "-f", "/dhcpcd.conf", "-1"]
   - name: mount-vpnkit
-    image: alpine:3.8
+    image: alpine:3.9
     binds:
         - /var/:/host_var:rbind,rshared
     capabilities: