diff --git a/.github/workflows/e2e.yml b/.github/workflows/e2e.yml
index 5fddac7a3..09ab2070c 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/e2e.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/e2e.yml
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ jobs:
       SYSTEM_TEST_VERBOSE_OUTPUT: "true"
 
       # the soroban test cases will compile various contracts from the examples repo
-      SYSTEM_TEST_SOROBAN_EXAMPLES_GIT_HASH: "release/next"
+      SYSTEM_TEST_SOROBAN_EXAMPLES_GIT_HASH: "main"
       SYSTEM_TEST_SOROBAN_EXAMPLES_GIT_REPO: "https://github.com/stellar/soroban-examples.git"
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v3