diff --git a/samples/chatbot-easy-rag/pom.xml b/samples/chatbot-easy-rag/pom.xml
index 5ec7a85aa..bebd1d16d 100644
--- a/samples/chatbot-easy-rag/pom.xml
+++ b/samples/chatbot-easy-rag/pom.xml
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
         <quarkus.platform.version>3.15.1</quarkus.platform.version>
         <skipITs>true</skipITs>
         <surefire-plugin.version>3.2.5</surefire-plugin.version>
-        <quarkus-langchain4j.version>0.20.3</quarkus-langchain4j.version>
+        <quarkus-langchain4j.version>0.21.0.CR1</quarkus-langchain4j.version>
     </properties>
 
     <dependencyManagement>
diff --git a/samples/chatbot-web-search/pom.xml b/samples/chatbot-web-search/pom.xml
index 690fb461e..fae49eea0 100644
--- a/samples/chatbot-web-search/pom.xml
+++ b/samples/chatbot-web-search/pom.xml
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
         <quarkus.platform.version>3.15.1</quarkus.platform.version>
         <skipITs>true</skipITs>
         <surefire-plugin.version>3.2.5</surefire-plugin.version>
-        <quarkus-langchain4j.version>0.20.3</quarkus-langchain4j.version>
+        <quarkus-langchain4j.version>0.21.0.CR1</quarkus-langchain4j.version>
     </properties>
 
     <dependencyManagement>
diff --git a/samples/chatbot/pom.xml b/samples/chatbot/pom.xml
index c855eb14d..1c04d032c 100644
--- a/samples/chatbot/pom.xml
+++ b/samples/chatbot/pom.xml
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
         <quarkus.platform.version>3.15.1</quarkus.platform.version>
         <skipITs>true</skipITs>
         <surefire-plugin.version>3.2.5</surefire-plugin.version>
-        <quarkus-langchain4j.version>0.20.3</quarkus-langchain4j.version>
+        <quarkus-langchain4j.version>0.21.0.CR1</quarkus-langchain4j.version>
     </properties>
 
     <dependencyManagement>
diff --git a/samples/cli-translator/pom.xml b/samples/cli-translator/pom.xml
index 23eb97fba..8a0cc7f39 100644
--- a/samples/cli-translator/pom.xml
+++ b/samples/cli-translator/pom.xml
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
     <quarkus.platform.version>3.15.1</quarkus.platform.version>
     <skipITs>true</skipITs>
     <surefire-plugin.version>3.2.5</surefire-plugin.version>
-    <quarkus-langchain4j.version>0.20.3</quarkus-langchain4j.version>
+    <quarkus-langchain4j.version>0.21.0.CR1</quarkus-langchain4j.version>
   </properties>
 
   <dependencyManagement>
diff --git a/samples/fraud-detection/pom.xml b/samples/fraud-detection/pom.xml
index 82bf98bba..6dfd1bd50 100644
--- a/samples/fraud-detection/pom.xml
+++ b/samples/fraud-detection/pom.xml
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
         <quarkus.platform.version>3.15.1</quarkus.platform.version>
         <skipITs>true</skipITs>
         <surefire-plugin.version>3.2.5</surefire-plugin.version>
-        <quarkus-langchain4j.version>0.20.3</quarkus-langchain4j.version>
+        <quarkus-langchain4j.version>0.21.0.CR1</quarkus-langchain4j.version>
     </properties>
 
     <dependencyManagement>
diff --git a/samples/jbang-joke-bot/jokes.java b/samples/jbang-joke-bot/jokes.java
index 8aacfa358..43d8d0ed8 100755
--- a/samples/jbang-joke-bot/jokes.java
+++ b/samples/jbang-joke-bot/jokes.java
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 ///usr/bin/env jbang "$0" "$@" ; exit $?
 //DEPS io.quarkus.platform:quarkus-bom:3.15.1@pom
 //DEPS io.quarkus:quarkus-picocli
-//DEPS io.quarkiverse.langchain4j:quarkus-langchain4j-openai:0.20.0
+//DEPS io.quarkiverse.langchain4j:quarkus-langchain4j-openai:0.21.0.CR1
 //Q:CONFIG quarkus.banner.enabled=false
 //Q:CONFIG quarkus.log.level=WARN
 import dev.langchain4j.model.chat.ChatLanguageModel;
diff --git a/samples/review-triage/pom.xml b/samples/review-triage/pom.xml
index 95dec2d06..f0719bd17 100644
--- a/samples/review-triage/pom.xml
+++ b/samples/review-triage/pom.xml
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
     <quarkus.platform.version>3.15.1</quarkus.platform.version>
     <skipITs>true</skipITs>
     <surefire-plugin.version>3.2.5</surefire-plugin.version>
-    <quarkus-langchain4j.version>0.20.3</quarkus-langchain4j.version>
+    <quarkus-langchain4j.version>0.21.0.CR1</quarkus-langchain4j.version>
   </properties>
 
     <dependencyManagement>
diff --git a/samples/secure-fraud-detection/pom.xml b/samples/secure-fraud-detection/pom.xml
index 1b8f2a979..7e0e28dca 100644
--- a/samples/secure-fraud-detection/pom.xml
+++ b/samples/secure-fraud-detection/pom.xml
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
         <quarkus.platform.version>3.15.1</quarkus.platform.version>
         <skipITs>true</skipITs>
         <surefire-plugin.version>3.2.5</surefire-plugin.version>
-        <quarkus-langchain4j.version>0.20.3</quarkus-langchain4j.version>
+        <quarkus-langchain4j.version>0.21.0.CR1</quarkus-langchain4j.version>
     </properties>
 
     <dependencyManagement>
diff --git a/samples/secure-vertex-ai-gemini-poem/pom.xml b/samples/secure-vertex-ai-gemini-poem/pom.xml
index 71cd0c4e8..cf0d32f41 100644
--- a/samples/secure-vertex-ai-gemini-poem/pom.xml
+++ b/samples/secure-vertex-ai-gemini-poem/pom.xml
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
         <quarkus.platform.version>3.15.1</quarkus.platform.version>
         <skipITs>true</skipITs>
         <surefire-plugin.version>3.2.5</surefire-plugin.version>
-        <quarkus-langchain4j.version>0.20.3</quarkus-langchain4j.version>
+        <quarkus-langchain4j.version>0.21.0.CR1</quarkus-langchain4j.version>
     </properties>
 
     <dependencyManagement>
diff --git a/samples/sql-chatbot/pom.xml b/samples/sql-chatbot/pom.xml
index 0e22b2620..719673fc6 100644
--- a/samples/sql-chatbot/pom.xml
+++ b/samples/sql-chatbot/pom.xml
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
         <quarkus.platform.version>3.15.1</quarkus.platform.version>
         <skipITs>true</skipITs>
         <surefire-plugin.version>3.2.5</surefire-plugin.version>
-        <quarkus-langchain4j.version>0.20.3</quarkus-langchain4j.version>
+        <quarkus-langchain4j.version>0.21.0.CR1</quarkus-langchain4j.version>
     </properties>
 
     <dependencyManagement>