diff --git a/pkg/reducer/examples/counter/Makefile b/pkg/reducer/examples/counter/Makefile
index 2b9f3d04..64d4ef8a 100644
--- a/pkg/reducer/examples/counter/Makefile
+++ b/pkg/reducer/examples/counter/Makefile
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ build:
 
 .PHONY: image
 image: build
-	docker build -t "quay.io/numaio/numaflow-go/reduce-counter:v0.6.0" --target counter .
+	docker build -t "quay.io/numaio/numaflow-go/reduce-counter:v0.6.2" --target counter .
 
 clean:
 	-rm -rf ./dist
diff --git a/pkg/reducer/examples/counter/go.mod b/pkg/reducer/examples/counter/go.mod
index 21d79eb1..a9a885a9 100644
--- a/pkg/reducer/examples/counter/go.mod
+++ b/pkg/reducer/examples/counter/go.mod
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ module counter
 
 go 1.20
 
-require github.com/numaproj/numaflow-go v0.6.1-0.20231219080635-d096c415a42f
+require github.com/numaproj/numaflow-go v0.6.1-0.20240212202512-715955f1e069
 
 require (
 	github.com/golang/protobuf v1.5.3 // indirect
diff --git a/pkg/reducer/examples/counter/go.sum b/pkg/reducer/examples/counter/go.sum
index e4aac392..3b546c8b 100644
--- a/pkg/reducer/examples/counter/go.sum
+++ b/pkg/reducer/examples/counter/go.sum
@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@ github.com/numaproj/numaflow-go v0.6.0 h1:gqTX1u1pFJJhX/3l3zYM8aLqRSHEainYrgBIol
 github.com/numaproj/numaflow-go v0.6.0/go.mod h1:5zwvvREIbqaCPCKsNE1MVjVToD0kvkCh2Z90Izlhw5U=
 github.com/numaproj/numaflow-go v0.6.1-0.20231219080635-d096c415a42f h1:J43ekeRVzE6WGgkWl5oEQ+c4NT1i4VikMkygu4AeUYE=
 github.com/numaproj/numaflow-go v0.6.1-0.20231219080635-d096c415a42f/go.mod h1:WoMt31+h3up202zTRI8c/qe42B8UbvwLe2mJH0MAlhI=
+github.com/numaproj/numaflow-go v0.6.1-0.20240212202512-715955f1e069 h1:LBMIrUytoxuZazEnwxo+WPAxjHL1rrVhphTyByLiDYY=
+github.com/numaproj/numaflow-go v0.6.1-0.20240212202512-715955f1e069/go.mod h1:WoMt31+h3up202zTRI8c/qe42B8UbvwLe2mJH0MAlhI=
 github.com/pmezard/go-difflib v1.0.0 h1:4DBwDE0NGyQoBHbLQYPwSUPoCMWR5BEzIk/f1lZbAQM=
 github.com/stretchr/testify v1.8.1 h1:w7B6lhMri9wdJUVmEZPGGhZzrYTPvgJArz7wNPgYKsk=
 golang.org/x/net v0.9.0 h1:aWJ/m6xSmxWBx+V0XRHTlrYrPG56jKsLdTFmsSsCzOM=
diff --git a/pkg/reducer/examples/counter/main.go b/pkg/reducer/examples/counter/main.go
index 4d3cf790..16140e8b 100644
--- a/pkg/reducer/examples/counter/main.go
+++ b/pkg/reducer/examples/counter/main.go
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ package main
 
 import (
 	"context"
+	"log"
 	"strconv"
 
 	"github.com/numaproj/numaflow-go/pkg/reducer"
@@ -20,5 +21,8 @@ func reduceCounter(_ context.Context, keys []string, inputCh <-chan reducer.Datu
 }
 
 func main() {
-	reducer.NewServer(reducer.SimpleCreatorWithReduceFn(reduceCounter)).Start(context.Background())
+	err := reducer.NewServer(reducer.SimpleCreatorWithReduceFn(reduceCounter)).Start(context.Background())
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Panic("Failed to start server: ", err)
+	}
 }