diff --git a/examples/README.md b/examples/README.md
index 56515d6..9f35045 100644
--- a/examples/README.md
+++ b/examples/README.md
@@ -18,8 +18,10 @@ The tenant ID is written to `.tenant-id` — examples read it automatically.
 
 ## Prerequisites
 
+OpenDecree is currently in alpha. Install with the `--pre` flag so pip's resolver includes pre-release versions:
+
 ```bash
-pip install opendecree
+pip install --pre opendecree
 ```
 
 For the FastAPI example, also install:
diff --git a/examples/requirements.txt b/examples/requirements.txt
index c189d6c..c82b6ae 100644
--- a/examples/requirements.txt
+++ b/examples/requirements.txt
@@ -1 +1 @@
-opendecree>=0.1.0
+opendecree>=0.3.0a1