diff --git a/docs/examples/index.md b/docs/examples/index.md
index 0021771a33..9ed15c13be 100644
--- a/docs/examples/index.md
+++ b/docs/examples/index.md
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ In this section you'll discover how to create code examples for _Testcontainers
 We have provided a command line tool to generate the scaffolding for the code of the example you are interested in. This tool will generate:
 
 - a Go module for the example, including:
-    - go.mod and go.sum files
+    - go.mod and go.sum files, including the current version of _Testcontainer for Go_.
     - a Go package named after the example, in lowercase
     - a Go file for the creation of the container, using a dedicated struct in which the image flag is set as Docker image.
     - a Go test file for running a simple test for your container, consuming the above struct.
@@ -21,11 +21,12 @@ We have provided a command line tool to generate the scaffolding for the code of
 
 | Flag | Type | Required | Description |
 |------|------|----------|-------------|
-| -name | string | Yes | Name of the example, use camel-case when needed |
+| -name | string | Yes | Name of the example, use camel-case when needed. Only alphabetical characters are allowed. |
 | -image | string | Yes | Fully-qualified name of the Docker image to be used by the example (i.e. 'docker.io/org/project:tag') |
 
 ### What is this tool not doing?
 
+- If the example name does not contain alphabeticall characters, it will exit the generation.
 - If the example already exists, it will exit without updating the existing files.
 
 ### How to run the tool
@@ -33,5 +34,5 @@ We have provided a command line tool to generate the scaffolding for the code of
 From the [`examples` directory]({{repo_url}}/tree/main/examples), please run:
 
 ```shell
-go run main.go --name ${NAME_OF_YOUR_EXAMPLE} --image "${REGISTRY}/${EXAMPLE}:${TAG}"
+go run . --name ${NAME_OF_YOUR_EXAMPLE} --image "${REGISTRY}/${EXAMPLE}:${TAG}"
 ```
diff --git a/examples/_template/go.mod.tmpl b/examples/_template/go.mod.tmpl
index ba0bb5ea4f..942533d2be 100644
--- a/examples/_template/go.mod.tmpl
+++ b/examples/_template/go.mod.tmpl
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 go 1.18
 
 require (
-	github.com/testcontainers/testcontainers-go v0.15.0
+	github.com/testcontainers/testcontainers-go v{{ .TCVersion }}
 	gotest.tools/gotestsum v1.8.2
 )
 
diff --git a/examples/main.go b/examples/main.go
index 423e25e4e8..c4707214b7 100644
--- a/examples/main.go
+++ b/examples/main.go
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import (
 	"html/template"
 	"os"
 	"path/filepath"
+	"regexp"
 	"sort"
 	"strings"
 
@@ -21,13 +22,14 @@ var templates = []string{
 }
 
 func init() {
-	flag.StringVar(&nameVar, "name", "", "Name of the example, use camel-case when needed")
+	flag.StringVar(&nameVar, "name", "", "Name of the example, use camel-case when needed. Only alphabetical characters are allowed.")
 	flag.StringVar(&imageVar, "image", "", "Fully-qualified name of the Docker image to be used by the example")
 }
 
 type Example struct {
-	Image string // fully qualified name of the Docker image
-	Name  string
+	Image     string // fully qualified name of the Docker image
+	Name      string
+	TCVersion string // Testcontainers for Go version
 }
 
 func (e *Example) Lower() string {
@@ -58,17 +60,30 @@ func main() {
 		os.Exit(1)
 	}
 
-	githubWorkflowsPath := filepath.Join(filepath.Dir(examplesDir), ".github", "workflows")
-	examplesDocsPath := filepath.Join(filepath.Dir(examplesDir), "docs", "examples")
+	rootDir := filepath.Dir(examplesDir)
 
-	err = generate(Example{Name: nameVar, Image: imageVar}, examplesDir, examplesDocsPath, githubWorkflowsPath)
+	mkdocsConfig, err := readMkdocsConfig(rootDir)
+	if err != nil {
+		fmt.Printf(">> could not read MkDocs config: %v\n", err)
+		os.Exit(1)
+	}
+
+	err = generate(Example{Name: nameVar, Image: imageVar, TCVersion: mkdocsConfig.Extra.LatestVersion}, rootDir)
 	if err != nil {
 		fmt.Printf(">> error generating the example: %v\n", err)
 		os.Exit(1)
 	}
 }
 
-func generate(example Example, examplesDir string, docsDir string, githubWorkflowsDir string) error {
+func generate(example Example, rootDir string) error {
+	if !regexp.MustCompile(`^[A-Za-z]+$`).MatchString(example.Name) {
+		return fmt.Errorf("invalid name: %s. Only alphabetical characters are allowed", example.Name)
+	}
+
+	githubWorkflowsDir := filepath.Join(rootDir, ".github", "workflows")
+	examplesDir := filepath.Join(rootDir, "examples")
+	docsDir := filepath.Join(rootDir, "docs", "examples")
+
 	funcMap := template.FuncMap{
 		"ToLower":     strings.ToLower,
 		"Title":       cases.Title(language.Und, cases.NoLower).String,
@@ -120,8 +135,6 @@ func generate(example Example, examplesDir string, docsDir string, githubWorkflo
 		}
 	}
 
-	rootDir := filepath.Dir(examplesDir)
-
 	// update examples in mkdocs
 	mkdocsConfig, err := readMkdocsConfig(rootDir)
 	if err != nil {
@@ -130,9 +143,23 @@ func generate(example Example, examplesDir string, docsDir string, githubWorkflo
 
 	mkdocsExamplesNav := mkdocsConfig.Nav[3].Examples
 
-	mkdocsExamplesNav = append(mkdocsExamplesNav, "examples/"+exampleLower+".md")
-	sort.Strings(mkdocsExamplesNav)
-	mkdocsConfig.Nav[3].Examples = mkdocsExamplesNav
+	// make sure the index.md is the first element in the list of examples in the nav
+	examplesNav := make([]string, len(mkdocsExamplesNav)-1)
+
+	for _, exampleNav := range mkdocsExamplesNav {
+		// filter out the index.md file
+		if !strings.HasSuffix("index.md", exampleNav) {
+			examplesNav = append(examplesNav, exampleNav)
+		}
+	}
+
+	examplesNav = append(examplesNav, "examples/"+exampleLower+".md")
+	sort.Strings(examplesNav)
+
+	// prepend the index.md file
+	examplesNav = append([]string{"examples/index.md"}, examplesNav...)
+
+	mkdocsConfig.Nav[3].Examples = examplesNav
 
 	err = writeMkdocsConfig(rootDir, mkdocsConfig)
 	if err != nil {
diff --git a/examples/main_test.go b/examples/main_test.go
index 6128228287..31887eb106 100644
--- a/examples/main_test.go
+++ b/examples/main_test.go
@@ -9,6 +9,49 @@ import (
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
 )
 
+func TestGenerateWrongExampleName(t *testing.T) {
+	rootTmp := t.TempDir()
+	examplesTmp := filepath.Join(rootTmp, "examples")
+	examplesDocTmp := filepath.Join(rootTmp, "docs", "examples")
+	githubWorkflowsTmp := filepath.Join(rootTmp, ".github", "workflows")
+
+	err := os.MkdirAll(examplesTmp, 0777)
+	assert.Nil(t, err)
+	err = os.MkdirAll(examplesDocTmp, 0777)
+	assert.Nil(t, err)
+	err = os.MkdirAll(githubWorkflowsTmp, 0777)
+	assert.Nil(t, err)
+
+	err = copyInitialConfig(t, rootTmp)
+	assert.Nil(t, err)
+
+	tests := []struct {
+		name string
+	}{
+		{name: " foo"},
+		{name: "foo "},
+		{name: "foo bar"},
+		{name: "foo-bar"},
+		{name: "foo/bar"},
+		{name: "foo\\bar"},
+		{name: "1foo"},
+		{name: "foo1"},
+		{name: "-foo"},
+		{name: "foo-"},
+	}
+
+	for _, test := range tests {
+		example := Example{
+			Name:      test.name,
+			Image:     "docker.io/example/" + test.name + ":latest",
+			TCVersion: "v0.0.0-test",
+		}
+
+		err = generate(example, rootTmp)
+		assert.Error(t, err)
+	}
+}
+
 func TestGenerate(t *testing.T) {
 	rootTmp := t.TempDir()
 	examplesTmp := filepath.Join(rootTmp, "examples")
@@ -26,12 +69,13 @@ func TestGenerate(t *testing.T) {
 	assert.Nil(t, err)
 
 	example := Example{
-		Name:  "foo",
-		Image: "docker.io/example/foo:latest",
+		Name:      "foo",
+		Image:     "docker.io/example/foo:latest",
+		TCVersion: "v0.0.0-test",
 	}
 	exampleNameLower := example.Lower()
 
-	err = generate(example, examplesTmp, examplesDocTmp, githubWorkflowsTmp)
+	err = generate(example, rootTmp)
 	assert.Nil(t, err)
 
 	templatesDir, err := os.ReadDir(filepath.Join(".", "_template"))
@@ -127,10 +171,10 @@ func assertExampleGithubWorkflowContent(t *testing.T, example Example, exampleWo
 	assert.Equal(t, "name: "+title+" example pipeline", data[0])
 	assert.Equal(t, "  test-"+lower+":", data[5])
 	assert.Equal(t, "          go-version: ${{ matrix.go-version }}", data[15])
-	assert.Equal(t, "        working-directory: ./examples/foo", data[22])
-	assert.Equal(t, "        working-directory: ./examples/foo", data[26])
-	assert.Equal(t, "        working-directory: ./examples/foo", data[30])
-	assert.Equal(t, "          paths: \"**/TEST-foo*.xml\"", data[40])
+	assert.Equal(t, "        working-directory: ./examples/"+lower, data[22])
+	assert.Equal(t, "        working-directory: ./examples/"+lower, data[26])
+	assert.Equal(t, "        working-directory: ./examples/"+lower, data[30])
+	assert.Equal(t, "          paths: \"**/TEST-"+lower+"*.xml\"", data[40])
 }
 
 // assert content go.mod
@@ -139,7 +183,8 @@ func assertGoModContent(t *testing.T, example Example, goModFile string) {
 	assert.Nil(t, err)
 
 	data := strings.Split(string(content), "\n")
-	assert.Equal(t, data[0], "module github.com/testcontainers/testcontainers-go/examples/"+example.Lower())
+	assert.Equal(t, "module github.com/testcontainers/testcontainers-go/examples/"+example.Lower(), data[0])
+	assert.Equal(t, "\tgithub.com/testcontainers/testcontainers-go v"+example.TCVersion, data[5])
 }
 
 // assert content Makefile
@@ -156,6 +201,7 @@ func assertMkdocsExamplesNav(t *testing.T, example Example, rootDir string) {
 	config, err := readMkdocsConfig(rootDir)
 	assert.Nil(t, err)
 
+	// the example should be in the nav
 	examples := config.Nav[3].Examples
 	found := false
 	for _, ex := range examples {
@@ -166,6 +212,9 @@ func assertMkdocsExamplesNav(t *testing.T, example Example, rootDir string) {
 	}
 
 	assert.True(t, found)
+
+	// first item is the index
+	assert.Equal(t, "examples/index.md", examples[0], examples)
 }
 
 // assert content tools/tools.go