diff --git a/examples/darwin/flake.nix b/examples/darwin/flake.nix
index 158620f..81473b1 100644
--- a/examples/darwin/flake.nix
+++ b/examples/darwin/flake.nix
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
   description = "A highly awesome system configuration.";
 
   inputs = {
-    nixpkgs.url = github:nixos/nixpkgs/release-21.05;
+    nixpkgs.url = github:nixos/nixpkgs/nixos-unstable-small;
     utils.url = path:../../;
     darwin.url = "github:lnl7/nix-darwin/master";
     darwin.inputs.nixpkgs.follows = "nixpkgs";
diff --git a/examples/exporters/flake.nix b/examples/exporters/flake.nix
index 7258028..6071788 100644
--- a/examples/exporters/flake.nix
+++ b/examples/exporters/flake.nix
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
   description = "FUP exporters demo";
 
   inputs = {
-    nixpkgs.url = github:nixos/nixpkgs/release-21.05;
+    nixpkgs.url = github:nixos/nixpkgs/nixos-unstable-small; # Lets pretend that this is a stable channel
     unstable.url = github:nixos/nixpkgs/nixos-unstable-small;
     utils.url = path:../../;
   };
diff --git a/examples/home-manager+nur+neovim/flake.nix b/examples/home-manager+nur+neovim/flake.nix
index 592f76e..f6e4d46 100644
--- a/examples/home-manager+nur+neovim/flake.nix
+++ b/examples/home-manager+nur+neovim/flake.nix
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
     };
 
     home-manager = {
-      url = github:nix-community/home-manager/release-21.05;
+      url = github:nix-community/home-manager;
       inputs.nixpkgs.follows = "nixpkgs";
     };
   };
diff --git a/examples/minimal-multichannel/flake.nix b/examples/minimal-multichannel/flake.nix
index e1dc186..5da6816 100644
--- a/examples/minimal-multichannel/flake.nix
+++ b/examples/minimal-multichannel/flake.nix
@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@
   description = "A highly awesome system configuration.";
 
   inputs = {
-    nixpkgs.url = github:nixos/nixpkgs/release-21.05;
-    unstable.url = github:nixos/nixpkgs/nixos-unstable;
+    nixpkgs.url = github:nixos/nixpkgs/nixos-unstable-small; # Lets pretend that this is a stable channel
+    unstable.url = github:nixos/nixpkgs/nixos-unstable-small;
     utils.url = path:../../;
   };