diff --git a/examples/pom.xml b/examples/pom.xml
index 5f48cb9f..4655f8bd 100644
--- a/examples/pom.xml
+++ b/examples/pom.xml
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>com.hierynomus</groupId>
             <artifactId>sshj</artifactId>
-            <version>0.24.0</version>
+            <version>0.31.0</version>
         </dependency>
     </dependencies>
 
diff --git a/examples/src/main/java/net/schmizz/sshj/examples/InMemoryKnownHosts.java b/examples/src/main/java/net/schmizz/sshj/examples/InMemoryKnownHosts.java
index f8e94325..27cca58b 100644
--- a/examples/src/main/java/net/schmizz/sshj/examples/InMemoryKnownHosts.java
+++ b/examples/src/main/java/net/schmizz/sshj/examples/InMemoryKnownHosts.java
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ public class InMemoryKnownHosts {
     public static void main(String[] args) throws IOException {
         InputStream entry = new ByteArrayInputStream("localhost ssh-ed25519 AAAAC3NzaC1lZDI1NTE5AAAAIPmhSBtMctNa4hsZt8QGlsYSE5/gMkjeand69Vj4ir13".getBytes(Charset.defaultCharset()));
         SSHClient ssh = new SSHClient();
-        ssh.addHostKeyVerifier(new InMemoryHostKeyVerifier(entry, Charset.defaultCharset()));
+        ssh.addHostKeyVerifier(new OpenSSHKnownHosts(new InputStreamReader(entry, Charset.defaultCharset())));
         ssh.connect("localhost");
         try {
             ssh.authPublickey(System.getProperty("user.name"));
@@ -28,44 +28,4 @@ public class InMemoryKnownHosts {
         }
     }
 
-    public static class InMemoryHostKeyVerifier implements HostKeyVerifier {
-
-        private final List<OpenSSHKnownHosts.KnownHostEntry> entries = new ArrayList<OpenSSHKnownHosts.KnownHostEntry>();
-
-        public InMemoryHostKeyVerifier(InputStream inputStream, Charset charset) throws IOException {
-            final OpenSSHKnownHosts.EntryFactory entryFactory = new OpenSSHKnownHosts.EntryFactory();
-            BufferedReader reader = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(inputStream, charset));
-            while(reader.ready()) {
-                String line = reader.readLine();
-                try {
-                    OpenSSHKnownHosts.KnownHostEntry entry = entryFactory.parseEntry(line);
-                    if (entry != null) {
-                        entries.add(entry);
-                    }
-                } catch (Exception e) {
-                    //log error
-                }
-            }
-        }
-
-        @Override
-        public boolean verify(String hostname, int port, PublicKey key) {
-            final KeyType type = KeyType.fromKey(key);
-            if (type == KeyType.UNKNOWN) {
-                return false;
-            }
-
-            for (OpenSSHKnownHosts.KnownHostEntry e : entries) {
-                try {
-                    if (e.appliesTo(type, hostname) && e.verify(key)) {
-                        return true;
-                    }
-                } catch (IOException ioe) {
-                    //log error
-                }
-            }
-            return false;
-        }
-    }
-
 }
diff --git a/examples/src/main/java/net/schmizz/sshj/examples/LocalPF.java b/examples/src/main/java/net/schmizz/sshj/examples/LocalPF.java
index b4a10fad..4732819d 100644
--- a/examples/src/main/java/net/schmizz/sshj/examples/LocalPF.java
+++ b/examples/src/main/java/net/schmizz/sshj/examples/LocalPF.java
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ package net.schmizz.sshj.examples;
 
 import net.schmizz.sshj.SSHClient;
 import net.schmizz.sshj.connection.channel.direct.LocalPortForwarder;
+import net.schmizz.sshj.connection.channel.direct.Parameters;
 
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.net.InetSocketAddress;
@@ -28,8 +29,8 @@ public class LocalPF {
             * _We_ listen on localhost:8080 and forward all connections on to server, which then forwards it to
             * google.com:80
             */
-            final LocalPortForwarder.Parameters params
-                    = new LocalPortForwarder.Parameters("0.0.0.0", 8080, "google.com", 80);
+            final Parameters params
+                    = new Parameters("0.0.0.0", 8080, "google.com", 80);
             final ServerSocket ss = new ServerSocket();
             ss.setReuseAddress(true);
             ss.bind(new InetSocketAddress(params.getLocalHost(), params.getLocalPort()));