diff --git a/examples/powertools-examples-core-utilities/kotlin/.gitignore b/examples/powertools-examples-core-utilities/kotlin/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e660fd93d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/powertools-examples-core-utilities/kotlin/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+bin/
diff --git a/examples/powertools-examples-idempotency/src/main/java/helloworld/App.java b/examples/powertools-examples-idempotency/src/main/java/helloworld/App.java
index 029877c73..ebe9fac22 100644
--- a/examples/powertools-examples-idempotency/src/main/java/helloworld/App.java
+++ b/examples/powertools-examples-idempotency/src/main/java/helloworld/App.java
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@
 import software.amazon.lambda.powertools.idempotency.Idempotent;
 import software.amazon.lambda.powertools.idempotency.persistence.dynamodb.DynamoDBPersistenceStore;
 import software.amazon.lambda.powertools.logging.Logging;
+import software.amazon.lambda.powertools.tracing.Tracing;
 import software.amazon.lambda.powertools.utilities.JsonConfig;
 
 public class App implements RequestHandler<APIGatewayProxyRequestEvent, APIGatewayProxyResponseEvent> {
@@ -91,6 +92,7 @@ public App(DynamoDbClient client) {
      */
     @Idempotent // The magic is here!
     @Logging(logEvent = true)
+    @Tracing
     public APIGatewayProxyResponseEvent handleRequest(final APIGatewayProxyRequestEvent input, final Context context) {
         Map<String, String> headers = new HashMap<>();
 
@@ -130,6 +132,7 @@ public APIGatewayProxyResponseEvent handleRequest(final APIGatewayProxyRequestEv
      * @return The contents of the given URL
      * @throws IOException
      */
+    @Tracing
     private String getPageContents(String address) throws IOException {
         URL url = new URL(address);
         try (BufferedReader br = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(url.openStream(), StandardCharsets.UTF_8))) {
diff --git a/examples/powertools-examples-idempotency/src/main/resources/log4j2.xml b/examples/powertools-examples-idempotency/src/main/resources/log4j2.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..5dede7b58
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/powertools-examples-idempotency/src/main/resources/log4j2.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<Configuration>
+    <Appenders>
+        <Console name="JsonAppender" target="SYSTEM_OUT">
+            <JsonTemplateLayout eventTemplateUri="classpath:LambdaJsonLayout.json" />
+        </Console>
+    </Appenders>
+    <Loggers>
+        <Logger name="JsonLogger" level="INFO" additivity="false">
+            <AppenderRef ref="JsonAppender" />
+        </Logger>
+        <Root level="info">
+            <AppenderRef ref="JsonAppender" />
+        </Root>
+    </Loggers>
+</Configuration>
diff --git a/examples/powertools-examples-kafka/src/main/java/org/demo/kafka/protobuf/ProtobufProduct.java b/examples/powertools-examples-kafka/src/main/java/org/demo/kafka/protobuf/ProtobufProduct.java
index 6da9113fc..250f37090 100644
--- a/examples/powertools-examples-kafka/src/main/java/org/demo/kafka/protobuf/ProtobufProduct.java
+++ b/examples/powertools-examples-kafka/src/main/java/org/demo/kafka/protobuf/ProtobufProduct.java
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 // Generated by the protocol buffer compiler.  DO NOT EDIT!
 // NO CHECKED-IN PROTOBUF GENCODE
 // source: ProtobufProduct.proto
-// Protobuf Java Version: 4.31.0
+// Protobuf Java Version: 4.31.1
 
 package org.demo.kafka.protobuf;
 
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ public final class ProtobufProduct extends
       com.google.protobuf.RuntimeVersion.RuntimeDomain.PUBLIC,
       /* major= */ 4,
       /* minor= */ 31,
-      /* patch= */ 0,
+      /* patch= */ 1,
       /* suffix= */ "",
       ProtobufProduct.class.getName());
   }
diff --git a/examples/powertools-examples-kafka/src/main/java/org/demo/kafka/protobuf/ProtobufProductOrBuilder.java b/examples/powertools-examples-kafka/src/main/java/org/demo/kafka/protobuf/ProtobufProductOrBuilder.java
index 9c1518db3..b2d185f6d 100644
--- a/examples/powertools-examples-kafka/src/main/java/org/demo/kafka/protobuf/ProtobufProductOrBuilder.java
+++ b/examples/powertools-examples-kafka/src/main/java/org/demo/kafka/protobuf/ProtobufProductOrBuilder.java
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 // Generated by the protocol buffer compiler.  DO NOT EDIT!
 // NO CHECKED-IN PROTOBUF GENCODE
 // source: ProtobufProduct.proto
-// Protobuf Java Version: 4.31.0
+// Protobuf Java Version: 4.31.1
 
 package org.demo.kafka.protobuf;
 
diff --git a/examples/powertools-examples-kafka/src/main/java/org/demo/kafka/protobuf/ProtobufProductOuterClass.java b/examples/powertools-examples-kafka/src/main/java/org/demo/kafka/protobuf/ProtobufProductOuterClass.java
index 6a99f35ec..adbfdd73a 100644
--- a/examples/powertools-examples-kafka/src/main/java/org/demo/kafka/protobuf/ProtobufProductOuterClass.java
+++ b/examples/powertools-examples-kafka/src/main/java/org/demo/kafka/protobuf/ProtobufProductOuterClass.java
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 // Generated by the protocol buffer compiler.  DO NOT EDIT!
 // NO CHECKED-IN PROTOBUF GENCODE
 // source: ProtobufProduct.proto
-// Protobuf Java Version: 4.31.0
+// Protobuf Java Version: 4.31.1
 
 package org.demo.kafka.protobuf;
 
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ private ProtobufProductOuterClass() {}
       com.google.protobuf.RuntimeVersion.RuntimeDomain.PUBLIC,
       /* major= */ 4,
       /* minor= */ 31,
-      /* patch= */ 0,
+      /* patch= */ 1,
       /* suffix= */ "",
       ProtobufProductOuterClass.class.getName());
   }