diff --git a/pkg/mapper/examples/cat_sleep/go.mod b/pkg/mapper/examples/cat_sleep/go.mod
index 8e77757c..85dc57e0 100644
--- a/pkg/mapper/examples/cat_sleep/go.mod
+++ b/pkg/mapper/examples/cat_sleep/go.mod
@@ -1,17 +1,17 @@
-module cat_sleep
+module even_odd
 
-go 1.20
+go 1.21
 
 replace github.com/numaproj/numaflow-go => ../../../..
 
-require github.com/numaproj/numaflow-go v0.8.0
+require github.com/numaproj/numaflow-go v0.9.0
 
 require (
-	github.com/golang/protobuf v1.5.3 // indirect
-	golang.org/x/net v0.9.0 // indirect
-	golang.org/x/sys v0.7.0 // indirect
-	golang.org/x/text v0.9.0 // indirect
-	google.golang.org/genproto/googleapis/rpc v0.0.0-20230525234030-28d5490b6b19 // indirect
-	google.golang.org/grpc v1.57.0 // indirect
-	google.golang.org/protobuf v1.31.0 // indirect
+	golang.org/x/net v0.29.0 // indirect
+	golang.org/x/sync v0.8.0 // indirect
+	golang.org/x/sys v0.25.0 // indirect
+	golang.org/x/text v0.18.0 // indirect
+	google.golang.org/genproto/googleapis/rpc v0.0.0-20240903143218-8af14fe29dc1 // indirect
+	google.golang.org/grpc v1.66.0 // indirect
+	google.golang.org/protobuf v1.34.2 // indirect
 )
diff --git a/pkg/mapper/examples/cat_sleep/go.sum b/pkg/mapper/examples/cat_sleep/go.sum
index 95c8479a..36997a49 100644
--- a/pkg/mapper/examples/cat_sleep/go.sum
+++ b/pkg/mapper/examples/cat_sleep/go.sum
@@ -1,24 +1,24 @@
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-github.com/golang/protobuf v1.5.0/go.mod h1:FsONVRAS9T7sI+LIUmWTfcYkHO4aIWwzhcaSAoJOfIk=
-github.com/golang/protobuf v1.5.3 h1:KhyjKVUg7Usr/dYsdSqoFveMYd5ko72D+zANwlG1mmg=
-github.com/golang/protobuf v1.5.3/go.mod h1:XVQd3VNwM+JqD3oG2Ue2ip4fOMUkwXdXDdiuN0vRsmY=
-github.com/google/go-cmp v0.5.5/go.mod h1:v8dTdLbMG2kIc/vJvl+f65V22dbkXbowE6jgT/gNBxE=
-github.com/google/go-cmp v0.5.9 h1:O2Tfq5qg4qc4AmwVlvv0oLiVAGB7enBSJ2x2DqQFi38=
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+github.com/google/go-cmp v0.6.0 h1:ofyhxvXcZhMsU5ulbFiLKl/XBFqE1GSq7atu8tAmTRI=
+github.com/google/go-cmp v0.6.0/go.mod h1:17dUlkBOakJ0+DkrSSNjCkIjxS6bF9zb3elmeNGIjoY=
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-github.com/stretchr/testify v1.8.1 h1:w7B6lhMri9wdJUVmEZPGGhZzrYTPvgJArz7wNPgYKsk=
-golang.org/x/net v0.9.0 h1:aWJ/m6xSmxWBx+V0XRHTlrYrPG56jKsLdTFmsSsCzOM=
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-golang.org/x/sys v0.7.0 h1:3jlCCIQZPdOYu1h8BkNvLz8Kgwtae2cagcG/VamtZRU=
-golang.org/x/sys v0.7.0/go.mod h1:oPkhp1MJrh7nUepCBck5+mAzfO9JrbApNNgaTdGDITg=
-golang.org/x/text v0.9.0 h1:2sjJmO8cDvYveuX97RDLsxlyUxLl+GHoLxBiRdHllBE=
-golang.org/x/text v0.9.0/go.mod h1:e1OnstbJyHTd6l/uOt8jFFHp6TRDWZR/bV3emEE/zU8=
-golang.org/x/xerrors v0.0.0-20191204190536-9bdfabe68543/go.mod h1:I/5z698sn9Ka8TeJc9MKroUUfqBBauWjQqLJ2OPfmY0=
-google.golang.org/genproto/googleapis/rpc v0.0.0-20230525234030-28d5490b6b19 h1:0nDDozoAU19Qb2HwhXadU8OcsiO/09cnTqhUtq2MEOM=
-google.golang.org/genproto/googleapis/rpc v0.0.0-20230525234030-28d5490b6b19/go.mod h1:66JfowdXAEgad5O9NnYcsNPLCPZJD++2L9X0PCMODrA=
-google.golang.org/grpc v1.57.0 h1:kfzNeI/klCGD2YPMUlaGNT3pxvYfga7smW3Vth8Zsiw=
-google.golang.org/grpc v1.57.0/go.mod h1:Sd+9RMTACXwmub0zcNY2c4arhtrbBYD1AUHI/dt16Mo=
-google.golang.org/protobuf v1.26.0-rc.1/go.mod h1:jlhhOSvTdKEhbULTjvd4ARK9grFBp09yW+WbY/TyQbw=
-google.golang.org/protobuf v1.26.0/go.mod h1:9q0QmTI4eRPtz6boOQmLYwt+qCgq0jsYwAQnmE0givc=
-google.golang.org/protobuf v1.31.0 h1:g0LDEJHgrBl9N9r17Ru3sqWhkIx2NB67okBHPwC7hs8=
-google.golang.org/protobuf v1.31.0/go.mod h1:HV8QOd/L58Z+nl8r43ehVNZIU/HEI6OcFqwMG9pJV4I=
+github.com/pmezard/go-difflib v1.0.0/go.mod h1:iKH77koFhYxTK1pcRnkKkqfTogsbg7gZNVY4sRDYZ/4=
+github.com/stretchr/testify v1.9.0 h1:HtqpIVDClZ4nwg75+f6Lvsy/wHu+3BoSGCbBAcpTsTg=
+github.com/stretchr/testify v1.9.0/go.mod h1:r2ic/lqez/lEtzL7wO/rwa5dbSLXVDPFyf8C91i36aY=
+golang.org/x/net v0.29.0 h1:5ORfpBpCs4HzDYoodCDBbwHzdR5UrLBZ3sOnUJmFoHo=
+golang.org/x/net v0.29.0/go.mod h1:gLkgy8jTGERgjzMic6DS9+SP0ajcu6Xu3Orq/SpETg0=
+golang.org/x/sync v0.8.0 h1:3NFvSEYkUoMifnESzZl15y791HH1qU2xm6eCJU5ZPXQ=
+golang.org/x/sync v0.8.0/go.mod h1:Czt+wKu1gCyEFDUtn0jG5QVvpJ6rzVqr5aXyt9drQfk=
+golang.org/x/sys v0.25.0 h1:r+8e+loiHxRqhXVl6ML1nO3l1+oFoWbnlu2Ehimmi34=
+golang.org/x/sys v0.25.0/go.mod h1:/VUhepiaJMQUp4+oa/7Zr1D23ma6VTLIYjOOTFZPUcA=
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+google.golang.org/genproto/googleapis/rpc v0.0.0-20240903143218-8af14fe29dc1 h1:pPJltXNxVzT4pK9yD8vR9X75DaWYYmLGMsEvBfFQZzQ=
+google.golang.org/genproto/googleapis/rpc v0.0.0-20240903143218-8af14fe29dc1/go.mod h1:UqMtugtsSgubUsoxbuAoiCXvqvErP7Gf0so0mK9tHxU=
+google.golang.org/grpc v1.66.0 h1:DibZuoBznOxbDQxRINckZcUvnCEvrW9pcWIE2yF9r1c=
+google.golang.org/grpc v1.66.0/go.mod h1:s3/l6xSSCURdVfAnL+TqCNMyTDAGN6+lZeVxnZR128Y=
+google.golang.org/protobuf v1.34.2 h1:6xV6lTsCfpGD21XK49h7MhtcApnLqkfYgPcdHftf6hg=
+google.golang.org/protobuf v1.34.2/go.mod h1:qYOHts0dSfpeUzUFpOMr/WGzszTmLH+DiWniOlNbLDw=
 gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.1 h1:fxVm/GzAzEWqLHuvctI91KS9hhNmmWOoWu0XTYJS7CA=
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diff --git a/pkg/mapper/examples/cat_sleep/main.go b/pkg/mapper/examples/cat_sleep/main.go
index bc877e9f..89dc6609 100644
--- a/pkg/mapper/examples/cat_sleep/main.go
+++ b/pkg/mapper/examples/cat_sleep/main.go
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ package main
 
 import (
 	"context"
-	//"fmt"
 	"log"
 	"time"
 
@@ -14,7 +13,6 @@ type CatSleep struct {
 
 func (e *CatSleep) Map(ctx context.Context, keys []string, d mapper.Datum) mapper.Messages {
 	time.Sleep(10 * time.Second)
-	//fmt.Println("adding a log line")
 	return mapper.MessagesBuilder().Append(mapper.NewMessage(d.Value()).WithKeys(keys))
 }