diff --git a/versions.mk b/versions.mk
index 0b0a228..a0207cc 100644
--- a/versions.mk
+++ b/versions.mk
@@ -17,4 +17,4 @@ VERSION ?= cuda$(shell  grep -Eo "FROM.*cuda:[0-9\.]+" deployments/container/Doc
 
 # Specify the tag for the https://github.com/NVIDIA/cuda-samples repository.
 # This need not match the CUDA_VERSION above.
-CUDA_SAMPLES_VERSION := v11.6
+CUDA_SAMPLES_VERSION := v12.0