diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 04a9594..7cd0c36 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ docker_compose_test(
 ```yaml
 services:
   test_container:
-    image: gcr.io/distroless/static-debian12:debug
+    image: ubuntu:25.04
     entrypoint: ["echo", "Hello World!"]
 ```
 
diff --git a/examples/external-image-test/docker-compose.yml b/examples/external-image-test/docker-compose.yml
index 474610c..8d3bd2e 100644
--- a/examples/external-image-test/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/examples/external-image-test/docker-compose.yml
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 
 services:
   test_container:
-    image: gcr.io/distroless/static-debian12:debug
+    image: ubuntu:25.04
     entrypoint: ["cat", "/resources/hello.txt"]
     volumes:
       - ./src/test/resources:/resources
diff --git a/examples/pre-compose-up-script-test/docker-compose.yml b/examples/pre-compose-up-script-test/docker-compose.yml
index 92985ee..7d4d511 100644
--- a/examples/pre-compose-up-script-test/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/examples/pre-compose-up-script-test/docker-compose.yml
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 
 services:
   test_container:
-    image: gcr.io/distroless/static-debian12:debug
+    image: ubuntu:25.04
     entrypoint: ["cat", "/resources/generated_file.txt"]
     volumes:
-      - ./src/test/resources:/resources
+      - /tmp/foo:/resources
diff --git a/examples/pre-compose-up-script-test/src/test/resources/.gitignore b/examples/pre-compose-up-script-test/src/test/resources/.gitignore
deleted file mode 100644
index e00b0dc..0000000
--- a/examples/pre-compose-up-script-test/src/test/resources/.gitignore
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-# we don't want to check-in the generated file
-# because that's what we're actually testing here
-# (that the file is generated when the test is executed).
-generated_file.txt
diff --git a/examples/pre-compose-up-script-test/src/test/resources/setup_test.sh b/examples/pre-compose-up-script-test/src/test/resources/setup_test.sh
index b8abcf6..f20e612 100755
--- a/examples/pre-compose-up-script-test/src/test/resources/setup_test.sh
+++ b/examples/pre-compose-up-script-test/src/test/resources/setup_test.sh
@@ -2,6 +2,6 @@
 set -e
 
 # This file is created as a pre-req to the docker-compose test actually running.
-# Locally, the file will always be there but it won't be checked in as it is in .gitignore.
 # CI will make sure that the file is generated on every execution.
-touch generated_file.txt
+mkdir -p /tmp/foo
+touch /tmp/foo/generated_file.txt