diff --git a/docs/site/versioned_examples/version-23.12.0/install_python_clients_pip.sh b/docs/site/versioned_examples/version-23.12.0/install_python_clients_pip.sh
index 26ac9b0fb30919b7d5553a7f51d25abaf150a06d..0a29552a00bcf79309c60d399483dc82106936d8 100644
--- a/docs/site/versioned_examples/version-23.12.0/install_python_clients_pip.sh
+++ b/docs/site/versioned_examples/version-23.12.0/install_python_clients_pip.sh
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
 
-pip3 install --user --trusted-host nims.desy.de --find-links=http://nims.desy.de/extra/asapo/linux_wheels asapo_producer==23.12.0
-pip3 install --user --trusted-host nims.desy.de --find-links=http://nims.desy.de/extra/asapo/linux_wheels asapo_consumer==23.12.0
+pip3 install --user --trusted-host nims.desy.de --find-links=http://nims.desy.de/extra/asapo/linux_wheels asapo_producer==23.12.0-alpha
+pip3 install --user --trusted-host nims.desy.de --find-links=http://nims.desy.de/extra/asapo/linux_wheels asapo_consumer==23.12.0-alpha
 # you might need to update pip if the above commands error: pip3 install --upgrade pip
 
 # if that does not work (abi incompatibility, etc) you may try to install source packages
diff --git a/docs/site/versioned_examples/version-23.12.0/start_asapo_maxwell.sh b/docs/site/versioned_examples/version-23.12.0/start_asapo_maxwell.sh
index 5586a9d203c9b5a14b1ec16470c891a8a8260eb2..db9950c84ea8621c0b3085115ce558d2865d5927 100644
--- a/docs/site/versioned_examples/version-23.12.0/start_asapo_maxwell.sh
+++ b/docs/site/versioned_examples/version-23.12.0/start_asapo_maxwell.sh
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 docker run -p 8400-8431:8400-8431 -p 8086:8086 -p 27017:27017 \
- --hostname $HOSTNAME --name asapo gitlab.desy.de:5555/asapo/asapo/asapo-standalone:23.12.0
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+ --hostname $HOSTNAME --name asapo gitlab.desy.de:5555/asapo/asapo/asapo-standalone:23.12.0-alpha
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diff --git a/docs/site/versioned_examples/version-23.12.0/start_asapo_simple.sh b/docs/site/versioned_examples/version-23.12.0/start_asapo_simple.sh
index 542a97051b77510509c9063a6a7586ed622bea30..13cebc7d8dd60e8dd43ac3e833670bf3e038920b 100644
--- a/docs/site/versioned_examples/version-23.12.0/start_asapo_simple.sh
+++ b/docs/site/versioned_examples/version-23.12.0/start_asapo_simple.sh
@@ -1 +1 @@
-docker run --name asapo --network host gitlab.desy.de:5555/asapo/asapo/asapo-standalone-dev:23.12.0
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+docker run --name asapo --network host gitlab.desy.de:5555/asapo/asapo/asapo-standalone-dev:23.12.0-alpha
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