diff --git a/pkg/mapper/examples/even_odd/Makefile b/pkg/mapper/examples/even_odd/Makefile
index 044a3713..048194ab 100644
--- a/pkg/mapper/examples/even_odd/Makefile
+++ b/pkg/mapper/examples/even_odd/Makefile
@@ -6,11 +6,11 @@ build:
 	CGO_ENABLED=0 GOOS=linux GOARCH=amd64 go build -v -o ./dist/even-odd-example main.go
 
 .PHONY: image-push
-image: build
+image-push: build
 	docker buildx build -t "quay.io/numaio/numaflow-go/map-even-odd:${TAG}" --platform linux/amd64,linux/arm64 --target even-odd . --push
 
 .PHONY: image
-test_image: build
+image: build
 	docker build -t "quay.io/numaio/numaflow-go/map-even-odd:${TAG}" --target even-odd .
 	@if [ "$(PUSH)" = "true" ]; then docker push "quay.io/numaio/numaflow-go/map-even-odd:${TAG}"; fi
 
diff --git a/pkg/mapper/examples/flatmap/Makefile b/pkg/mapper/examples/flatmap/Makefile
index 89991d19..c7cebf2c 100644
--- a/pkg/mapper/examples/flatmap/Makefile
+++ b/pkg/mapper/examples/flatmap/Makefile
@@ -6,11 +6,11 @@ build:
 	CGO_ENABLED=0 GOOS=linux GOARCH=amd64 go build -v -o ./dist/flatmap-example main.go
 
 .PHONY: image-push
-image: build
+image-push: build
 	docker buildx build -t "quay.io/numaio/numaflow-go/map-flatmap:${TAG}" --platform linux/amd64,linux/arm64 --target flatmap . --push
 
 .PHONY: image
-test_image: build
+image: build
 	docker build -t "quay.io/numaio/numaflow-go/map-flatmap:${TAG}" --target flatmap .
 	@if [ "$(PUSH)" = "true" ]; then docker push "quay.io/numaio/numaflow-go/map-flatmap:${TAG}"; fi
 
diff --git a/pkg/mapper/examples/forward_message/Makefile b/pkg/mapper/examples/forward_message/Makefile
index ee2e3894..8e82c0d0 100644
--- a/pkg/mapper/examples/forward_message/Makefile
+++ b/pkg/mapper/examples/forward_message/Makefile
@@ -6,11 +6,11 @@ build:
 	CGO_ENABLED=0 GOOS=linux GOARCH=amd64 go build -v -o ./dist/forward-message-example main.go
 
 .PHONY: image-push
-image: build
+image-push: build
 	docker buildx build -t "quay.io/numaio/numaflow-go/map-forward-message:${TAG}" --platform linux/amd64,linux/arm64 --target forward-message . --push
 
 .PHONY: image
-test_image: build
+image: build
 	docker build -t "quay.io/numaio/numaflow-go/map-forward-message:${TAG}" --target forward-message .
 	@if [ "$(PUSH)" = "true" ]; then docker push "quay.io/numaio/numaflow-go/map-forward-message:${TAG}"; fi
 
diff --git a/pkg/mapper/examples/retry/Makefile b/pkg/mapper/examples/retry/Makefile
index 805d6715..ab8a5a70 100644
--- a/pkg/mapper/examples/retry/Makefile
+++ b/pkg/mapper/examples/retry/Makefile
@@ -6,11 +6,11 @@ build:
 	CGO_ENABLED=0 GOOS=linux GOARCH=amd64 go build -v -o ./dist/retry main.go
 
 .PHONY: image-push
-image: build
+image-push: build
 	docker buildx build -t "quay.io/numaio/numaflow-go/map-retry:${TAG}" --platform linux/amd64,linux/arm64 --target retry . --push
 
 .PHONY: image
-test_image: build
+image: build
 	docker build -t "quay.io/numaio/numaflow-go/map-retry:${TAG}" --target map-retry .
 	@if [ "$(PUSH)" = "true" ]; then docker push "quay.io/numaio/numaflow-go/map-retry:${TAG}"; fi
 
diff --git a/pkg/mapper/examples/tickgen/Makefile b/pkg/mapper/examples/tickgen/Makefile
index 73fa9c06..78c78fbd 100644
--- a/pkg/mapper/examples/tickgen/Makefile
+++ b/pkg/mapper/examples/tickgen/Makefile
@@ -6,11 +6,11 @@ build:
 	CGO_ENABLED=0 GOOS=linux GOARCH=amd64 go build -v -o ./dist/tickgen-example main.go
 
 .PHONY: image-push
-image: build
+image-push: build
 	docker buildx build -t "quay.io/numaio/numaflow-go/map-tickgen:${TAG}" --platform linux/amd64,linux/arm64 --target tickgen . --push
 
 .PHONY: image
-test_image: build
+image: build
 	docker build -t "quay.io/numaio/numaflow-go/map-tickgen:${TAG}" --target tickgen .
 	@if [ "$(PUSH)" = "true" ]; then docker push "quay.io/numaio/numaflow-go/map-tickgen:${TAG}"; fi
 
diff --git a/pkg/mapstreamer/examples/flatmap_stream/Makefile b/pkg/mapstreamer/examples/flatmap_stream/Makefile
index 62ef0a3a..18945ac4 100644
--- a/pkg/mapstreamer/examples/flatmap_stream/Makefile
+++ b/pkg/mapstreamer/examples/flatmap_stream/Makefile
@@ -6,11 +6,11 @@ build:
 	CGO_ENABLED=0 GOOS=linux GOARCH=amd64 go build -v -o ./dist/flatmap-stream-example main.go
 
 .PHONY: image-push
-image: build
+image-push: build
 	docker buildx build -t "quay.io/numaio/numaflow-go/map-flatmap-stream:${TAG}" --platform linux/amd64,linux/arm64 --target flatmap_stream . --push
 
 .PHONY: image
-test_image: build
+image: build
 	docker build -t "quay.io/numaio/numaflow-go/map-flatmap-stream:${TAG}" --target flatmap_stream .
 	@if [ "$(PUSH)" = "true" ]; then docker push "quay.io/numaio/numaflow-go/map-flatmap-stream:${TAG}"; fi
 
diff --git a/pkg/reducer/examples/counter/Makefile b/pkg/reducer/examples/counter/Makefile
index 8475a91f..a30a6e61 100644
--- a/pkg/reducer/examples/counter/Makefile
+++ b/pkg/reducer/examples/counter/Makefile
@@ -6,11 +6,11 @@ build:
 	CGO_ENABLED=0 GOOS=linux GOARCH=amd64 go build -v -o ./dist/counter-example main.go
 
 .PHONY: image-push
-image: build
+image-push: build
 	docker buildx build -t "quay.io/numaio/numaflow-go/reduce-counter:${TAG}" --platform linux/amd64,linux/arm64 --target counter . --push
 
 .PHONY: image
-test_image: build
+image: build
 	docker build -t "quay.io/numaio/numaflow-go/reduce-counter:${TAG}" --target counter .
 	@if [ "$(PUSH)" = "true" ]; then docker push "quay.io/numaio/numaflow-go/reduce-counter:${TAG}"; fi
 
diff --git a/pkg/reducer/examples/sum/Makefile b/pkg/reducer/examples/sum/Makefile
index e298e097..5e8b01bc 100644
--- a/pkg/reducer/examples/sum/Makefile
+++ b/pkg/reducer/examples/sum/Makefile
@@ -6,11 +6,11 @@ build:
 	CGO_ENABLED=0 GOOS=linux GOARCH=amd64 go build -v -o ./dist/sum-example main.go
 
 .PHONY: image-push
-image: build
+image-push: build
 	docker buildx build -t "quay.io/numaio/numaflow-go/reduce-sum:${TAG}" --platform linux/amd64,linux/arm64 --target sum . --push
 
 .PHONY: image
-test_image: build
+image: build
 	docker build -t "quay.io/numaio/numaflow-go/reduce-sum:${TAG}" --target sum .
 	@if [ "$(PUSH)" = "true" ]; then docker push "quay.io/numaio/numaflow-go/reduce-sum:${TAG}"; fi
 
diff --git a/pkg/reducestreamer/examples/counter/Makefile b/pkg/reducestreamer/examples/counter/Makefile
index 865f725f..471e33c0 100644
--- a/pkg/reducestreamer/examples/counter/Makefile
+++ b/pkg/reducestreamer/examples/counter/Makefile
@@ -6,11 +6,11 @@ build:
 	CGO_ENABLED=0 GOOS=linux GOARCH=amd64 go build -v -o ./dist/counter-example main.go
 
 .PHONY: image-push
-image: build
+image-push: build
 	docker buildx build -t "quay.io/numaio/numaflow-go/reduce-stream-counter:${TAG}" --platform linux/amd64,linux/arm64 --target counter . --push
 
 .PHONY: image
-test_image: build
+image: build
 	docker build -t "quay.io/numaio/numaflow-go/reduce-stream-counter:${TAG}" --target counter .
 	@if [ "$(PUSH)" = "true" ]; then docker push "quay.io/numaio/numaflow-go/reduce-stream-counter:${TAG}"; fi
 
diff --git a/pkg/reducestreamer/examples/sum/Makefile b/pkg/reducestreamer/examples/sum/Makefile
index 6cb32d89..150e291b 100644
--- a/pkg/reducestreamer/examples/sum/Makefile
+++ b/pkg/reducestreamer/examples/sum/Makefile
@@ -6,11 +6,11 @@ build:
 	CGO_ENABLED=0 GOOS=linux GOARCH=amd64 go build -v -o ./dist/sum-example main.go
 
 .PHONY: image-push
-image: build
+image-push: build
 	docker buildx build -t "quay.io/numaio/numaflow-go/reduce-stream-sum:${TAG}" --platform linux/amd64,linux/arm64 --target sum . --push
 
 .PHONY: image
-test_image: build
+image: build
 	docker build -t "quay.io/numaio/numaflow-go/reduce-stream-sum:${TAG}" --target sum .
 	@if [ "$(PUSH)" = "true" ]; then docker push "quay.io/numaio/numaflow-go/reduce-stream-sum:${TAG}"; fi
 
diff --git a/pkg/sessionreducer/examples/counter/Makefile b/pkg/sessionreducer/examples/counter/Makefile
index 4d9ee60b..360b416c 100644
--- a/pkg/sessionreducer/examples/counter/Makefile
+++ b/pkg/sessionreducer/examples/counter/Makefile
@@ -6,11 +6,11 @@ build:
 	CGO_ENABLED=0 GOOS=linux GOARCH=amd64 go build -v -o ./dist/counter-example main.go
 
 .PHONY: image-push
-image: build
+image-push: build
 	docker buildx build -t "quay.io/numaio/numaflow-go/session-counter:${TAG}" --platform linux/amd64,linux/arm64 --target counter . --push
 
 .PHONY: image
-test_image: build
+image: build
 	docker build -t "quay.io/numaio/numaflow-go/session-counter:${TAG}" --target counter .
 	@if [ "$(PUSH)" = "true" ]; then docker push "quay.io/numaio/numaflow-go/session-counter:${TAG}"; fi
 
diff --git a/pkg/sideinput/examples/simple-sideinput/Makefile b/pkg/sideinput/examples/simple-sideinput/Makefile
index 746f1389..1f6173c9 100644
--- a/pkg/sideinput/examples/simple-sideinput/Makefile
+++ b/pkg/sideinput/examples/simple-sideinput/Makefile
@@ -6,11 +6,11 @@ build:
 	CGO_ENABLED=0 GOOS=linux GOARCH=amd64 go build -v -o ./dist/sideinput-example main.go
 
 .PHONY: image-push
-image: build
+image-push: build
 	docker buildx build -t "quay.io/numaio/numaflow-go/sideinput-example:${TAG}" --platform linux/amd64,linux/arm64 --target sideinput . --push
 
 .PHONY: image
-test_image: build
+image: build
 	docker build -t "quay.io/numaio/numaflow-go/sideinput-example:${TAG}" --target sideinput .
 	@if [ "$(PUSH)" = "true" ]; then docker push "quay.io/numaio/numaflow-go/sideinput-example:${TAG}"; fi
 
diff --git a/pkg/sideinput/examples/simple-sideinput/udf/Makefile b/pkg/sideinput/examples/simple-sideinput/udf/Makefile
index 43221ee6..22c3ba60 100644
--- a/pkg/sideinput/examples/simple-sideinput/udf/Makefile
+++ b/pkg/sideinput/examples/simple-sideinput/udf/Makefile
@@ -6,11 +6,11 @@ build:
 	CGO_ENABLED=0 GOOS=linux GOARCH=amd64 go build -v -o ./dist/udf-sideinput-example main.go
 
 .PHONY: image-push
-image: build
+image-push: build
 	docker buildx build -t "quay.io/numaio/numaflow-go/udf-sideinput-example:${TAG}" --platform linux/amd64,linux/arm64 --target udf-sideinput . --push
 
 .PHONY: image
-test_image: build
+image: build
 	docker build -t "quay.io/numaio/numaflow-go/udf-sideinput-example:${TAG}" --target udf-sideinput .
 	@if [ "$(PUSH)" = "true" ]; then docker push "quay.io/numaio/numaflow-go/udf-sideinput-example:${TAG}"; fi
 
diff --git a/pkg/sinker/examples/log/Makefile b/pkg/sinker/examples/log/Makefile
index 025a06a2..0850b8dc 100644
--- a/pkg/sinker/examples/log/Makefile
+++ b/pkg/sinker/examples/log/Makefile
@@ -6,11 +6,11 @@ build:
 	CGO_ENABLED=0 GOOS=linux GOARCH=amd64 go build -v -o ./dist/log-example main.go
 
 .PHONY: image-push
-image: build
+image-push: build
 	docker buildx build -t "quay.io/numaio/numaflow-go/sink-log:${TAG}" --platform linux/amd64,linux/arm64 --target log . --push
 
 .PHONY: image
-test_image: build
+imageimage: build
 	docker build -t "quay.io/numaio/numaflow-go/sink-log:${TAG}" --target log .
 	@if [ "$(PUSH)" = "true" ]; then docker push "quay.io/numaio/numaflow-go/sink-log:${TAG}"; fi
 
diff --git a/pkg/sourcer/examples/simple_source/Makefile b/pkg/sourcer/examples/simple_source/Makefile
index 800bf256..47d803e5 100644
--- a/pkg/sourcer/examples/simple_source/Makefile
+++ b/pkg/sourcer/examples/simple_source/Makefile
@@ -6,11 +6,11 @@ build:
 	CGO_ENABLED=0 GOOS=linux GOARCH=amd64 go build -v -o ./dist/simple-source-example main.go
 
 .PHONY: image-push
-image: build
+image-push: build
 	docker buildx build -t "quay.io/numaio/numaflow-go/source-simple-source:${TAG}" --platform linux/amd64,linux/arm64 --target simple-source . --push
 
 .PHONY: image
-test_image: build
+image: build
 	docker build -t "quay.io/numaio/numaflow-go/source-simple-source:${TAG}" --target simple-source .
 	@if [ "$(PUSH)" = "true" ]; then docker push "quay.io/numaio/numaflow-go/source-simple-source:${TAG}"; fi
 
diff --git a/pkg/sourcetransformer/examples/assign_event_time/Makefile b/pkg/sourcetransformer/examples/assign_event_time/Makefile
index a86b96f8..969afea4 100644
--- a/pkg/sourcetransformer/examples/assign_event_time/Makefile
+++ b/pkg/sourcetransformer/examples/assign_event_time/Makefile
@@ -6,11 +6,11 @@ build:
 	CGO_ENABLED=0 GOOS=linux GOARCH=amd64 go build -v -o ./dist/assign-event-time-example main.go
 
 .PHONY: image-push
-image: build
+image-push: build
 	docker buildx build -t "quay.io/numaio/numaflow-go/mapt-assign-event-time:${TAG}" --platform linux/amd64,linux/arm64 --target assign-event-time . --push
 
 .PHONY: image
-test_image: build
+image: build
 	docker build -t "quay.io/numaio/numaflow-go/mapt-assign-event-time:${TAG}" --target assign-event-time .
 	@if [ "$(PUSH)" = "true" ]; then docker push "quay.io/numaio/numaflow-go/mapt-assign-event-time:${TAG}"; fi
 
diff --git a/pkg/sourcetransformer/examples/event_time_filter/Makefile b/pkg/sourcetransformer/examples/event_time_filter/Makefile
index 6356b058..b8e2c21f 100644
--- a/pkg/sourcetransformer/examples/event_time_filter/Makefile
+++ b/pkg/sourcetransformer/examples/event_time_filter/Makefile
@@ -6,11 +6,11 @@ build:
 	CGO_ENABLED=0 GOOS=linux GOARCH=amd64 go build -v -o ./dist/event-time-filter-example main.go
 
 .PHONY: image-push
-image: build
+image-push: build
 	docker buildx build -t "quay.io/numaio/numaflow-go/mapt-event-time-filter:${TAG}" --platform linux/amd64,linux/arm64 --target event-time-filter . --push
 
 .PHONY: image
-test_image: build
+image: build
 	docker build -t "quay.io/numaio/numaflow-go/mapt-event-time-filter:${TAG}" --target event-time-filter .
 	@if [ "$(PUSH)" = "true" ]; then docker push "quay.io/numaio/numaflow-go/mapt-event-time-filter:${TAG}"; fi
 
diff --git a/update_examples.sh b/update_examples.sh
index e4c6d147..044d388c 100755
--- a/update_examples.sh
+++ b/update_examples.sh
@@ -1,10 +1,11 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
 function show_help () {
-    echo "Usage: $0 [-h|--help] (-bp|--build-push | -bpe|--build-push-example | -u|--update <SDK-version>)"
+    echo "Usage: $0 [-h|--help | -t|--tag] (-bp|--build-push | -bpe|--build-push-example | -u|--update <SDK-version>)"
     echo "  -h, --help                   Display help message and exit"
-    echo "  -bp, --build-push            Build the Dockerfiles of all the examples and push them to the quay.io registry (with tag: stable)"
-    echo "  -bpe, --build-push-example   Build the Dockerfile of the given example directory path, and push it to the quay.io registry (with tag: stable)"
+    echo "  -bp, --build-push            Build the Dockerfiles of all the examples and push them to the quay.io registry"
+    echo "  -bpe, --build-push-example   Build the Dockerfile of the given example directory path, and push it to the quay.io registry"
+    echo "  -t, --tag                    To be optionally used with -bpe or -bp. Specify the tag to build with. Default tag: stable"
     echo "  -u, --update                 Update all of the examples to depend on the numaflow-go version with the specified SHA or version"
 }
 
@@ -36,8 +37,10 @@ usingHelp=0
 usingBuildPush=0
 usingBuildPushExample=0
 usingVersion=0
+usingTag=0
 version=""
 directoryPath=""
+tag="stable"
 
 function handle_options () {
   while [ $# -gt 0 ]; do
@@ -49,24 +52,35 @@ function handle_options () {
         usingBuildPush=1
         ;;
       -bpe | --build-push-example)
-        usingBuildPushExample=1
         if [ -z "$2" ]; then
           echo "Directory path not specified." >&2
           show_help
           exit 1
         fi
 
+        usingBuildPushExample=1
         directoryPath=$2
         shift
         ;;
+      -t | --tag)
+        if [ -z "$2" ]; then
+          echo "Tag not specified." >&2
+          show_help
+          exit 1
+        fi
+
+        usingTag=1
+        tag=$2
+        shift
+        ;;
       -u | --update)
-        usingVersion=1
         if [ -z "$2" ]; then
           echo "Commit SHA or version not specified." >&2
           show_help
           exit 1
         fi
 
+        usingVersion=1
         version=$2
         shift
         ;;
@@ -96,11 +110,15 @@ if [ -n "$directoryPath" ]; then
  echo "Dockerfile path to use: $directoryPath"
 fi
 
+if [ -n "$tag" ]; then
+ echo "Using tag: $tag"
+fi
+
 if (( usingBuildPush )); then
-  traverse_examples "make image-push"
+  traverse_examples "make image-push TAG=$tag"
 elif (( usingBuildPushExample )); then
    cd "./$directoryPath" || exit
-   if ! make image-push; then
+   if ! make image-push TAG="$tag"; then
      echo "Error: failed to run make image in $directoryPath" >&2
      exit 1
    fi