diff --git a/examples/karaf-rest-example/karaf-rest-example-blueprint/pom.xml b/examples/karaf-rest-example/karaf-rest-example-blueprint/pom.xml
index 8a1a1bebdc4..3b32d62461e 100644
--- a/examples/karaf-rest-example/karaf-rest-example-blueprint/pom.xml
+++ b/examples/karaf-rest-example/karaf-rest-example-blueprint/pom.xml
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>jakarta.ws.rs</groupId>
             <artifactId>jakarta.ws.rs-api</artifactId>
-            <version>4.0.0</version>
+            <version>3.1.0</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.karaf.examples</groupId>
diff --git a/examples/karaf-rest-example/karaf-rest-example-client/karaf-rest-example-client-cxf/pom.xml b/examples/karaf-rest-example/karaf-rest-example-client/karaf-rest-example-client-cxf/pom.xml
index 128ff9eac47..20d7c40a818 100644
--- a/examples/karaf-rest-example/karaf-rest-example-client/karaf-rest-example-client-cxf/pom.xml
+++ b/examples/karaf-rest-example/karaf-rest-example-client/karaf-rest-example-client-cxf/pom.xml
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>jakarta.ws.rs</groupId>
 			<artifactId>jakarta.ws.rs-api</artifactId>
-			<version>4.0.0</version>
+			<version>3.1.0</version>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.apache.karaf.examples</groupId>
diff --git a/examples/karaf-rest-example/karaf-rest-example-client/karaf-rest-example-client-jersey/pom.xml b/examples/karaf-rest-example/karaf-rest-example-client/karaf-rest-example-client-jersey/pom.xml
index 3a9edc5f8f0..33c53240e7e 100644
--- a/examples/karaf-rest-example/karaf-rest-example-client/karaf-rest-example-client-jersey/pom.xml
+++ b/examples/karaf-rest-example/karaf-rest-example-client/karaf-rest-example-client-jersey/pom.xml
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>jakarta.ws.rs</groupId>
             <artifactId>jakarta.ws.rs-api</artifactId>
-            <version>4.0.0</version>
+            <version>3.1.0</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.jaxrs</groupId>
diff --git a/examples/karaf-rest-example/karaf-rest-example-scr/pom.xml b/examples/karaf-rest-example/karaf-rest-example-scr/pom.xml
index f1eebc72752..df81ab68175 100644
--- a/examples/karaf-rest-example/karaf-rest-example-scr/pom.xml
+++ b/examples/karaf-rest-example/karaf-rest-example-scr/pom.xml
@@ -55,6 +55,12 @@
             <artifactId>org.osgi.service.component.annotations</artifactId>
             <scope>provided</scope>
         </dependency>
+        <!-- pinned ahead of CXF, which compiles against 4.0.0 but imports jakarta.ws.rs [3,4) -->
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>jakarta.ws.rs</groupId>
+            <artifactId>jakarta.ws.rs-api</artifactId>
+            <version>3.1.0</version>
+        </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.cxf</groupId>
             <artifactId>cxf-rt-frontend-jaxrs</artifactId>
diff --git a/examples/karaf-rest-example/karaf-rest-example-whiteboard/pom.xml b/examples/karaf-rest-example/karaf-rest-example-whiteboard/pom.xml
index ae6ae5a0796..2e601c2dcdc 100644
--- a/examples/karaf-rest-example/karaf-rest-example-whiteboard/pom.xml
+++ b/examples/karaf-rest-example/karaf-rest-example-whiteboard/pom.xml
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>jakarta.ws.rs</groupId>
             <artifactId>jakarta.ws.rs-api</artifactId>
-            <version>4.0.0</version>
+            <version>3.1.0</version>
             <scope>provided</scope>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>