diff --git a/docs/user-guide/walkthrough/deployment-update.yaml b/docs/user-guide/walkthrough/deployment-update.yaml
index 8f0ac0b48c..14a7dc473b 100644
--- a/docs/user-guide/walkthrough/deployment-update.yaml
+++ b/docs/user-guide/walkthrough/deployment-update.yaml
@@ -1,8 +1,11 @@
-apiVersion: apps/v1beta1
+apiVersion: apps/v1
 kind: Deployment
 metadata:
   name: nginx-deployment
 spec:
+  selector:
+    matchLabels:
+      app: nginx
   replicas: 2
   template:
     metadata:
diff --git a/docs/user-guide/walkthrough/deployment.yaml b/docs/user-guide/walkthrough/deployment.yaml
index 8d14e2ef08..485be0dabc 100644
--- a/docs/user-guide/walkthrough/deployment.yaml
+++ b/docs/user-guide/walkthrough/deployment.yaml
@@ -1,8 +1,11 @@
-apiVersion: apps/v1beta1
+apiVersion: apps/v1
 kind: Deployment
 metadata:
   name: nginx-deployment
 spec:
+  selector:
+    matchLabels:
+      app: nginx
   replicas: 2 # tells deployment to run 2 pods matching the template
   template: # create pods using pod definition in this template
     metadata: