diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index bfb863d..e1ecfc8 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -114,8 +114,8 @@ MONITORING_STACK=datadog
 3. Clone `cp-demo` and checkout a branch.
 
 ```bash
-# Example with CP-DEMO 7.7.1 version
-CP_DEMO_VERSION=7.7.1-post
+# Example with CP-DEMO 7.8.1 version
+CP_DEMO_VERSION=7.8.1-post
 
 [[ -d "cp-demo" ]] || git clone https://github.com/confluentinc/cp-demo.git
 (cd cp-demo && git fetch && git checkout $CP_DEMO_VERSION && git pull)
@@ -151,7 +151,7 @@ For an example that showcases how to monitor Apache Kafka client applications, a
 Dev-toolkit is an environment that allows you to easily create different configurations and deployments to verify the metrics exposed by different components of the Confluent Platform.
 
 Dev-toolkit is based on:
- - Confluent Platform _(current 7.8.0)_ 
+ - Confluent Platform _(current 7.8.1)_ 
  - Prometheus and Grafana stack.
  - JMX Exporter 1.1.0
 
diff --git a/dev-toolkit/.env b/dev-toolkit/.env
index 8f3a3b1..379e7e2 100644
--- a/dev-toolkit/.env
+++ b/dev-toolkit/.env
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-CFLT_TAG=7.8.0
+CFLT_TAG=7.8.1
 PROM_TAG=v3.0.0
 GRAFANA_TAG=10.2.0
 JR_TAG=latest
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/dev-toolkit/docker-compose.connect.yaml b/dev-toolkit/docker-compose.connect.yaml
index 2488692..17168b1 100644
--- a/dev-toolkit/docker-compose.connect.yaml
+++ b/dev-toolkit/docker-compose.connect.yaml
@@ -44,7 +44,6 @@ services:
       - |
         echo "Installing Connector"
         confluent-hub install --no-prompt  confluentinc/kafka-connect-datagen:0.6.6
-        confluent-hub install --no-prompt confluentinc/kafka-connect-replicator:7.8.0
         cp /usr/share/java/kafka-connect-replicator/replicator-rest-extension-*.jar /etc/kafka-connect/jars/
         #
         echo "Launching Kafka Connect worker"
diff --git a/dev-toolkit/docker-compose.replicator.yaml b/dev-toolkit/docker-compose.replicator.yaml
index aeace80..c85f723 100644
--- a/dev-toolkit/docker-compose.replicator.yaml
+++ b/dev-toolkit/docker-compose.replicator.yaml
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ services:
       - -c
       - |
         echo "Installing Connector"
-        confluent-hub install --no-prompt confluentinc/kafka-connect-replicator:7.8.0
+        confluent-hub install --no-prompt confluentinc/kafka-connect-replicator:7.8.1
         cp /usr/share/java/kafka-connect-replicator/replicator-rest-extension-*.jar /etc/kafka-connect/jars/
         #
         echo "Launching Kafka Connect worker"
diff --git a/jmxexporter-prometheus-grafana/cfk/Dockerfile b/jmxexporter-prometheus-grafana/cfk/Dockerfile
index 49b5cae..722b52f 100644
--- a/jmxexporter-prometheus-grafana/cfk/Dockerfile
+++ b/jmxexporter-prometheus-grafana/cfk/Dockerfile
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
-FROM confluentinc/cp-server:7.8.0
+FROM confluentinc/cp-server:7.8.1
 USER root
 RUN rm -f /usr/share/java/cp-base-new/jmx_prometheus_javaagent*
 COPY jmx_prometheus_javaagent-1.1.0.jar /usr/share/java/cp-base-new/
-RUN chown --reference=/usr/share/java/cp-base-new/disk-usage-agent-7.8.0.jar /usr/share/java/cp-base-new/jmx_prometheus_javaagent-1.1.0.jar
+RUN chown --reference=/usr/share/java/cp-base-new/disk-usage-agent-7.8.1.jar /usr/share/java/cp-base-new/jmx_prometheus_javaagent-1.1.0.jar
 USER appuser
diff --git a/jmxexporter-prometheus-grafana/cfk/demo/confluent-platform-singlenode.yaml b/jmxexporter-prometheus-grafana/cfk/demo/confluent-platform-singlenode.yaml
index 6f38c97..9bd065f 100644
--- a/jmxexporter-prometheus-grafana/cfk/demo/confluent-platform-singlenode.yaml
+++ b/jmxexporter-prometheus-grafana/cfk/demo/confluent-platform-singlenode.yaml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ metadata:
 spec:
   replicas: 1
   image:
-    application: confluentinc/cp-zookeeper:7.8.0
+    application: confluentinc/cp-zookeeper:7.8.1
     init: confluentinc/confluent-init-container:2.10.0
   dataVolumeCapacity: 10Gi
   logVolumeCapacity: 10Gi
@@ -120,8 +120,8 @@ metadata:
 spec:
   replicas: 1
   image:
-    # application: confluentinc/cp-server:7.8.0
-    application: local/cp-server:7.8.0
+    # application: confluentinc/cp-server:7.8.1
+    application: local/cp-server:7.8.1
     init: confluentinc/confluent-init-container:2.10.0
   dataVolumeCapacity: 10Gi
   configOverrides:
diff --git a/jmxexporter-prometheus-grafana/cfk/up.sh b/jmxexporter-prometheus-grafana/cfk/up.sh
index c8c47d0..869a5c3 100755
--- a/jmxexporter-prometheus-grafana/cfk/up.sh
+++ b/jmxexporter-prometheus-grafana/cfk/up.sh
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
 
 # build docker image with jmx exporter version 1.1.0
-docker build . --no-cache --pull -t local/cp-server:7.8.0
-docker save local/cp-server:7.8.0 -o cp-server.tar
+docker build . --no-cache --pull -t local/cp-server:7.8.1
+docker save local/cp-server:7.8.1 -o cp-server.tar
 
 # Start local k8s cluster with kind
 echo "Starting local k8s cluster with kind"