diff --git a/serverless-workflow-examples/serverless-workflow-openvino-quarkus/pom.xml b/serverless-workflow-examples/serverless-workflow-openvino-quarkus/pom.xml
index 3f10ed4910..64df288853 100644
--- a/serverless-workflow-examples/serverless-workflow-openvino-quarkus/pom.xml
+++ b/serverless-workflow-examples/serverless-workflow-openvino-quarkus/pom.xml
@@ -174,7 +174,7 @@
                 <executable>pip</executable>
                 <arguments>
                     <argument>install</argument>
-                    <argument>jep</argument>
+                    <argument>jep==4.2.0</argument>
                 </arguments>
             </configuration>
           </execution>
diff --git a/serverless-workflow-examples/serverless-workflow-python-quarkus/pom.xml b/serverless-workflow-examples/serverless-workflow-python-quarkus/pom.xml
index 7e81ed3da0..f05882f5e1 100644
--- a/serverless-workflow-examples/serverless-workflow-python-quarkus/pom.xml
+++ b/serverless-workflow-examples/serverless-workflow-python-quarkus/pom.xml
@@ -174,7 +174,7 @@
                 <executable>pip</executable>
                 <arguments>
                     <argument>install</argument>
-                    <argument>jep</argument>
+                    <argument>jep==4.2.0</argument>
                 </arguments>
             </configuration>
           </execution>