diff --git a/examples/basic-tracer-node/package.json b/examples/basic-tracer-node/package.json
index c26b35b03c..be9ed25981 100644
--- a/examples/basic-tracer-node/package.json
+++ b/examples/basic-tracer-node/package.json
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
     "url": "https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-js/issues"
   },
   "dependencies": {
-    "@opentelemetry/api": "^1.0.0",
+    "@opentelemetry/api": "^1.0.1",
     "@opentelemetry/exporter-jaeger": "0.23.0",
     "@opentelemetry/tracing": "0.23.0"
   },
diff --git a/examples/collector-exporter-node/README.md b/examples/collector-exporter-node/README.md
index 2b30ff8246..543514476b 100644
--- a/examples/collector-exporter-node/README.md
+++ b/examples/collector-exporter-node/README.md
@@ -24,14 +24,14 @@ npm install
 
     ```shell script
     # from this directory
-    npm start:tracing
+    npm run start:tracing
     ```
 
 3. Run metrics app
 
     ```shell script
     # from this directory
-    npm start:metrics
+    npm run start:metrics
     ```
 
 4. Open page at <http://localhost:9411/zipkin/> -  you should be able to see the spans in zipkin
diff --git a/examples/collector-exporter-node/package.json b/examples/collector-exporter-node/package.json
index cfdd88b4c8..e0c2619d3c 100644
--- a/examples/collector-exporter-node/package.json
+++ b/examples/collector-exporter-node/package.json
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
     "url": "https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-js/issues"
   },
   "dependencies": {
-    "@opentelemetry/api": "^1.0.0",
+    "@opentelemetry/api": "^1.0.1",
     "@opentelemetry/core": "0.23.0",
     "@opentelemetry/exporter-collector": "0.23.0",
     "@opentelemetry/exporter-collector-grpc": "0.23.0",
diff --git a/examples/grpc-js/package.json b/examples/grpc-js/package.json
index 514d0d257b..a6b5de42fe 100644
--- a/examples/grpc-js/package.json
+++ b/examples/grpc-js/package.json
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
   },
   "dependencies": {
     "@grpc/grpc-js": "^1.2.12",
-    "@opentelemetry/api": "^1.0.0",
+    "@opentelemetry/api": "^1.0.1",
     "@opentelemetry/exporter-jaeger": "0.23.0",
     "@opentelemetry/exporter-zipkin": "0.23.0",
     "@opentelemetry/instrumentation": "0.23.0",
diff --git a/examples/grpc/package.json b/examples/grpc/package.json
index 52dfccd049..5dc7d8be2d 100644
--- a/examples/grpc/package.json
+++ b/examples/grpc/package.json
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
     "url": "https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-js/issues"
   },
   "dependencies": {
-    "@opentelemetry/api": "^1.0.0",
+    "@opentelemetry/api": "^1.0.1",
     "@opentelemetry/exporter-jaeger": "0.23.0",
     "@opentelemetry/exporter-zipkin": "0.23.0",
     "@opentelemetry/instrumentation": "0.23.0",
diff --git a/examples/http/package.json b/examples/http/package.json
index b772babad9..e8ecd44f7c 100644
--- a/examples/http/package.json
+++ b/examples/http/package.json
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
     "url": "https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-js/issues"
   },
   "dependencies": {
-    "@opentelemetry/api": "^1.0.0",
+    "@opentelemetry/api": "^1.0.1",
     "@opentelemetry/exporter-jaeger": "0.23.0",
     "@opentelemetry/exporter-zipkin": "0.23.0",
     "@opentelemetry/instrumentation": "0.23.0",
diff --git a/examples/https/package.json b/examples/https/package.json
index 37e53c7cec..12b4458df6 100644
--- a/examples/https/package.json
+++ b/examples/https/package.json
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
     "url": "https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-js/issues"
   },
   "dependencies": {
-    "@opentelemetry/api": "^1.0.0",
+    "@opentelemetry/api": "^1.0.1",
     "@opentelemetry/exporter-jaeger": "0.23.0",
     "@opentelemetry/exporter-zipkin": "0.23.0",
     "@opentelemetry/instrumentation": "0.23.0",
diff --git a/examples/metrics/package.json b/examples/metrics/package.json
index 568a471eff..804f95b858 100644
--- a/examples/metrics/package.json
+++ b/examples/metrics/package.json
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
     "url": "https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-js/issues"
   },
   "dependencies": {
+    "@opentelemetry/api": "^1.0.1",
     "@opentelemetry/core": "0.23.0",
     "@opentelemetry/exporter-prometheus": "0.23.0",
     "@opentelemetry/metrics": "0.23.0"
diff --git a/examples/opentracing-shim/package.json b/examples/opentracing-shim/package.json
index 656e2cec62..cd1c1b92f2 100644
--- a/examples/opentracing-shim/package.json
+++ b/examples/opentracing-shim/package.json
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@
     "url": "https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-js/issues"
   },
   "dependencies": {
+    "@opentelemetry/api": "^1.0.1",
     "@opentelemetry/exporter-jaeger": "0.23.0",
     "@opentelemetry/exporter-zipkin": "0.23.0",
     "@opentelemetry/instrumentation": "0.23.0",
diff --git a/examples/prometheus/package.json b/examples/prometheus/package.json
index 299f871743..2d84ce5a4c 100644
--- a/examples/prometheus/package.json
+++ b/examples/prometheus/package.json
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
   "author": "OpenTelemetry Authors",
   "license": "Apache-2.0",
   "dependencies": {
+    "@opentelemetry/api": "^1.0.1",
     "@opentelemetry/exporter-prometheus": "0.23.0",
     "@opentelemetry/metrics": "0.23.0"
   }
diff --git a/examples/tracer-web/package.json b/examples/tracer-web/package.json
index e35b311552..43589bc5ee 100644
--- a/examples/tracer-web/package.json
+++ b/examples/tracer-web/package.json
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
     "webpack-merge": "^4.2.2"
   },
   "dependencies": {
-    "@opentelemetry/api": "^1.0.0",
+    "@opentelemetry/api": "^1.0.1",
     "@opentelemetry/context-zone": "0.23.0",
     "@opentelemetry/core": "0.23.0",
     "@opentelemetry/exporter-collector": "0.23.0",