diff --git a/notebooks/examples.ipynb b/notebooks/examples.ipynb
index 7334e486..1546dcb8 100644
--- a/notebooks/examples.ipynb
+++ b/notebooks/examples.ipynb
@@ -205,7 +205,7 @@
     "    with Executor(\n",
     "        # Resource definition on the executor level\n",
     "        max_workers=2,  # total number of cores available to the Executor\n",
-    "        backend=\"flux\",  # optional in case the backend is not recognized\n",
+    "        backend=\"flux_allocation\",  # optional in case the backend is not recognized\n",
     "        # Optional resource definition\n",
     "        resource_dict={\n",
     "            \"cores\": 1,\n",
@@ -627,7 +627,7 @@
     "    return parameter_a + parameter_b\n",
     "\n",
     "\n",
-    "with Executor(max_cores=2, backend=\"flux\") as exe:\n",
+    "with Executor(max_cores=2, backend=\"flux_allocation\") as exe:\n",
     "    future_1 = exe.submit(\n",
     "        calc_function,\n",
     "        1,\n",
@@ -672,7 +672,7 @@
     "```\n",
     "from executorlib import Executor\n",
     "\n",
-    "with Executor(max_cores=1, backend=\"slurm\") as exe:\n",
+    "with Executor(max_cores=1, backend=\"slurm_allocation\") as exe:\n",
     "    future = exe.submit(sum, [1,1])\n",
     "    print(future.result())\n",
     "```"