diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 5eaa8bf..5aebb80 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # socket-proxy
 
 ## Latest image
-- `wollomatic/socket-proxy:1.11.2` / `ghcr.io/wollomatic/socket-proxy:1.11.2`
+- `wollomatic/socket-proxy:1.11.3` / `ghcr.io/wollomatic/socket-proxy:1.11.3`
 - `wollomatic/socket-proxy:1` / `ghcr.io/wollomatic/socket-proxy:1`
 
 > [!IMPORTANT]
diff --git a/examples/docker-compose/dozzle/compose.yaml b/examples/docker-compose/dozzle/compose.yaml
index 29a041d..8177e41 100644
--- a/examples/docker-compose/dozzle/compose.yaml
+++ b/examples/docker-compose/dozzle/compose.yaml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ services:
       - docker-proxynet
 
   dozzle:
-    image: amir20/dozzle:v8.14 # make sure you use the most recent version
+    image: amir20/dozzle:v10.0 # make sure you use the most recent version
     user: 65534:65534
     read_only: true
     mem_limit: 256M
diff --git a/examples/docker-compose/watchtower/compose.yaml b/examples/docker-compose/watchtower/compose.yaml
index 7b6074f..860e310 100644
--- a/examples/docker-compose/watchtower/compose.yaml
+++ b/examples/docker-compose/watchtower/compose.yaml
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ services:
       - '-allowGET=/v1\..{2}/(containers/.*|images/.*)'
       - '-allowPOST=/v1\..{2}/(containers/.*|images/.*|networks/.*)'
       - '-allowDELETE=/v1\..{2}/(containers/.*|images/.*)'
+      - '-allowHEAD=/_ping'
       # check socket connection every hour and stop the proxy if it fails (will then be restarted by docker):
       - '-watchdoginterval=3600'
       - '-stoponwatchdog'
@@ -29,7 +30,10 @@ services:
       - docker-proxynet
 
   watchtower:
-    image: containrrr/watchtower:1.7.1
+    # image: containrrr/watchtower:1.7.1
+    # https://github.com/containrrr/watchtower was archived on December 17, 2025.
+    # https://github.com/nicholas-fedor/watchtower is a maintained fork.
+    image: ghcr.io/nicholas-fedor/watchtower:1.14.2 # the containrrr repo is no longer maintained
     depends_on:
       - dockerproxy
     command: