diff --git a/sdks/java/maven-archetypes/examples/src/main/resources/archetype-resources/pom.xml b/sdks/java/maven-archetypes/examples/src/main/resources/archetype-resources/pom.xml
index ad1736dd805e..afd80d1f4426 100644
--- a/sdks/java/maven-archetypes/examples/src/main/resources/archetype-resources/pom.xml
+++ b/sdks/java/maven-archetypes/examples/src/main/resources/archetype-resources/pom.xml
@@ -335,6 +335,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.beam</groupId>
       <artifactId>beam-sdks-java-io-components</artifactId>
+      <version>${beam.version}</version>
     </dependency>
 
     <!-- Adds a dependency on the Beam Google Cloud Platform IO module. -->
diff --git a/sdks/java/maven-archetypes/gcp-bom-examples/src/main/resources/archetype-resources/pom.xml b/sdks/java/maven-archetypes/gcp-bom-examples/src/main/resources/archetype-resources/pom.xml
index b0209429e6c8..320aacd8d4bb 100644
--- a/sdks/java/maven-archetypes/gcp-bom-examples/src/main/resources/archetype-resources/pom.xml
+++ b/sdks/java/maven-archetypes/gcp-bom-examples/src/main/resources/archetype-resources/pom.xml
@@ -323,6 +323,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.beam</groupId>
       <artifactId>beam-sdks-java-io-components</artifactId>
+      <version>${beam.version}</version>
     </dependency>
 
     <!-- Adds a dependency on the Beam Google Cloud Platform IO module. -->