diff --git a/_examples/kubernetes-sample/go.mod b/_examples/kubernetes-sample/go.mod
index 51230af5..99fdbd00 100644
--- a/_examples/kubernetes-sample/go.mod
+++ b/_examples/kubernetes-sample/go.mod
@@ -6,25 +6,25 @@ replace github.com/asynkron/protoactor-go => ../..
 
 require (
 	github.com/asynkron/protoactor-go v0.0.0-00010101000000-000000000000
-	google.golang.org/protobuf v1.28.1
+	google.golang.org/protobuf v1.31.0
 	k8s.io/utils v0.0.0-20221107191617-1a15be271d1d
 )
 
 require (
-	github.com/Workiva/go-datastructures v1.0.53 // indirect
+	github.com/Workiva/go-datastructures v1.1.1 // indirect
 	github.com/asynkron/gofun v0.0.0-20220329210725-34fed760f4c2 // indirect
 	github.com/beorn7/perks v1.0.1 // indirect
-	github.com/cespare/xxhash/v2 v2.1.2 // indirect
+	github.com/cespare/xxhash/v2 v2.2.0 // indirect
 	github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.1 // indirect
-	github.com/emicklei/go-restful/v3 v3.8.0 // indirect
+	github.com/emicklei/go-restful/v3 v3.9.0 // indirect
 	github.com/emirpasic/gods v1.18.1 // indirect
-	github.com/go-logr/logr v1.2.3 // indirect
+	github.com/go-logr/logr v1.2.4 // indirect
 	github.com/go-logr/stdr v1.2.2 // indirect
 	github.com/go-openapi/jsonpointer v0.19.5 // indirect
 	github.com/go-openapi/jsonreference v0.20.0 // indirect
 	github.com/go-openapi/swag v0.21.1 // indirect
 	github.com/gogo/protobuf v1.3.2 // indirect
-	github.com/golang/protobuf v1.5.2 // indirect
+	github.com/golang/protobuf v1.5.3 // indirect
 	github.com/google/gnostic v0.6.9 // indirect
 	github.com/google/go-cmp v0.5.9 // indirect
 	github.com/google/gofuzz v1.2.0 // indirect
@@ -33,39 +33,38 @@ require (
 	github.com/json-iterator/go v1.1.12 // indirect
 	github.com/lithammer/shortuuid/v4 v4.0.0 // indirect
 	github.com/mailru/easyjson v0.7.7 // indirect
-	github.com/matttproud/golang_protobuf_extensions v1.0.2-0.20181231171920-c182affec369 // indirect
+	github.com/matttproud/golang_protobuf_extensions v1.0.4 // indirect
 	github.com/modern-go/concurrent v0.0.0-20180306012644-bacd9c7ef1dd // indirect
 	github.com/modern-go/reflect2 v1.0.2 // indirect
 	github.com/munnerz/goautoneg v0.0.0-20191010083416-a7dc8b61c822 // indirect
 	github.com/orcaman/concurrent-map v1.0.0 // indirect
-	github.com/prometheus/client_golang v1.12.2 // indirect
-	github.com/prometheus/client_model v0.2.0 // indirect
-	github.com/prometheus/common v0.34.0 // indirect
-	github.com/prometheus/procfs v0.7.3 // indirect
+	github.com/prometheus/client_golang v1.16.0 // indirect
+	github.com/prometheus/client_model v0.4.0 // indirect
+	github.com/prometheus/common v0.42.0 // indirect
+	github.com/prometheus/procfs v0.10.1 // indirect
 	github.com/twmb/murmur3 v1.1.6 // indirect
-	go.opentelemetry.io/otel v1.7.0 // indirect
-	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/exporters/prometheus v0.30.0 // indirect
-	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/metric v0.30.0 // indirect
-	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk v1.7.0 // indirect
-	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk/export/metric v0.28.0 // indirect
-	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk/metric v0.30.0 // indirect
-	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace v1.7.0 // indirect
+	go.opentelemetry.io/otel v1.16.0 // indirect
+	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/exporters/prometheus v0.39.0 // indirect
+	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/metric v1.16.0 // indirect
+	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk v1.16.0 // indirect
+	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk/metric v0.39.0 // indirect
+	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace v1.16.0 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/exp v0.0.0-20220518171630-0b5c67f07fdf // indirect
-	golang.org/x/net v0.3.1-0.20221206200815-1e63c2f08a10 // indirect
-	golang.org/x/oauth2 v0.0.0-20220524215830-622c5d57e401 // indirect
-	golang.org/x/sys v0.3.0 // indirect
-	golang.org/x/term v0.3.0 // indirect
-	golang.org/x/text v0.5.0 // indirect
+	golang.org/x/net v0.17.0 // indirect
+	golang.org/x/oauth2 v0.6.0 // indirect
+	golang.org/x/sys v0.13.0 // indirect
+	golang.org/x/term v0.13.0 // indirect
+	golang.org/x/text v0.13.0 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/time v0.0.0-20220411224347-583f2d630306 // indirect
 	google.golang.org/appengine v1.6.7 // indirect
-	google.golang.org/genproto v0.0.0-20220526192754-51939a95c655 // indirect
-	google.golang.org/grpc v1.46.2 // indirect
+	google.golang.org/genproto v0.0.0-20230306155012-7f2fa6fef1f4 // indirect
+	google.golang.org/grpc v1.55.0 // indirect
 	gopkg.in/inf.v0 v0.9.1 // indirect
 	gopkg.in/yaml.v2 v2.4.0 // indirect
 	gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.1 // indirect
-	k8s.io/api v0.24.1 // indirect
+	k8s.io/api v0.26.1 // indirect
 	k8s.io/apimachinery v0.26.1 // indirect
-	k8s.io/client-go v0.24.1 // indirect
+	k8s.io/client-go v0.26.1 // indirect
 	k8s.io/klog/v2 v2.80.1 // indirect
 	k8s.io/kube-openapi v0.0.0-20221012153701-172d655c2280 // indirect
 	sigs.k8s.io/json v0.0.0-20220713155537-f223a00ba0e2 // indirect