diff --git a/examples/go.mod b/examples/go.mod
index feb7f2021a..9cd25445f1 100644
--- a/examples/go.mod
+++ b/examples/go.mod
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ require (
 	connectrpc.com/connect v1.19.1
 	github.com/opentdf/platform/lib/ocrypto v0.10.0
 	github.com/opentdf/platform/protocol/go v0.28.0
-	github.com/opentdf/platform/sdk v0.17.0
+	github.com/opentdf/platform/sdk v0.18.0
 	github.com/spf13/cobra v1.10.2
 	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.11.1
 	google.golang.org/grpc v1.79.3
diff --git a/examples/go.sum b/examples/go.sum
index 2e3fa73175..65065a8cf8 100644
--- a/examples/go.sum
+++ b/examples/go.sum
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@ buf.build/gen/go/bufbuild/protovalidate/protocolbuffers/go v1.36.6-2025060316535
 buf.build/gen/go/bufbuild/protovalidate/protocolbuffers/go v1.36.6-20250603165357-b52ab10f4468.1/go.mod h1:avRlCjnFzl98VPaeCtJ24RrV/wwHFzB8sWXhj26+n/U=
 connectrpc.com/connect v1.19.1 h1:R5M57z05+90EfEvCY1b7hBxDVOUl45PrtXtAV2fOC14=
 connectrpc.com/connect v1.19.1/go.mod h1:tN20fjdGlewnSFeZxLKb0xwIZ6ozc3OQs2hTXy4du9w=
+connectrpc.com/grpchealth v1.4.0 h1:MJC96JLelARPgZTiRF9KRfY/2N9OcoQvF2EWX07v2IE=
+connectrpc.com/grpchealth v1.4.0/go.mod h1:WhW6m1EzTmq3Ky1FE8EfkIpSDc6TfUx2M2KqZO3ts/Q=
 github.com/Masterminds/semver/v3 v3.4.0 h1:Zog+i5UMtVoCU8oKka5P7i9q9HgrJeGzI9SA1Xbatp0=
 github.com/Masterminds/semver/v3 v3.4.0/go.mod h1:4V+yj/TJE1HU9XfppCwVMZq3I84lprf4nC11bSS5beM=
 github.com/cespare/xxhash/v2 v2.3.0 h1:UL815xU9SqsFlibzuggzjXhog7bL6oX9BbNZnL2UFvs=
@@ -54,8 +56,8 @@ github.com/opentdf/platform/lib/ocrypto v0.10.0 h1:7dn/z/1qH3p+gWCrfOoU7hj9XF/p5
 github.com/opentdf/platform/lib/ocrypto v0.10.0/go.mod h1:WASkoHreqgTFImB/gJW42VTdpi9AkgkmaW19y/fU+Ew=
 github.com/opentdf/platform/protocol/go v0.28.0 h1:/psz0c9Yi+3yXgCWKgDjzpW4p6Dlhyj2H5wmGvohU1U=
 github.com/opentdf/platform/protocol/go v0.28.0/go.mod h1:aiEmtYytvQtbiexZGAKYMe2mYTBPZqbNSh+OXmtrtkA=
-github.com/opentdf/platform/sdk v0.17.0 h1:ApVa0/yB5M2wbqu3s0FxlXo17C1ojuul3tsQW1BGpyk=
-github.com/opentdf/platform/sdk v0.17.0/go.mod h1:U4Ndr/Pr0c3rYik/JGfymT86I2InPIANX7WiFcvr2Pw=
+github.com/opentdf/platform/sdk v0.18.0 h1:WM1moBnIJvwackVk1GLxBNlpssM/47b3HOYPe1+W1Dw=
+github.com/opentdf/platform/sdk v0.18.0/go.mod h1:U/rvaKr/5lAjwhC6LiEDu8leDJAcvES8hflfjdx90mQ=
 github.com/pmezard/go-difflib v1.0.0/go.mod h1:iKH77koFhYxTK1pcRnkKkqfTogsbg7gZNVY4sRDYZ/4=
 github.com/pmezard/go-difflib v1.0.1-0.20181226105442-5d4384ee4fb2 h1:Jamvg5psRIccs7FGNTlIRMkT8wgtp5eCXdBlqhYGL6U=
 github.com/pmezard/go-difflib v1.0.1-0.20181226105442-5d4384ee4fb2/go.mod h1:iKH77koFhYxTK1pcRnkKkqfTogsbg7gZNVY4sRDYZ/4=
@@ -85,8 +87,8 @@ github.com/xeipuuv/gojsonschema v1.2.0 h1:LhYJRs+L4fBtjZUfuSZIKGeVu0QRy8e5Xi7D17
 github.com/xeipuuv/gojsonschema v1.2.0/go.mod h1:anYRn/JVcOK2ZgGU+IjEV4nwlhoK5sQluxsYJ78Id3Y=
 go.opentelemetry.io/auto/sdk v1.2.1 h1:jXsnJ4Lmnqd11kwkBV2LgLoFMZKizbCi5fNZ/ipaZ64=
 go.opentelemetry.io/auto/sdk v1.2.1/go.mod h1:KRTj+aOaElaLi+wW1kO/DZRXwkF4C5xPbEe3ZiIhN7Y=
-go.opentelemetry.io/otel v1.40.0 h1:oA5YeOcpRTXq6NN7frwmwFR0Cn3RhTVZvXsP4duvCms=
-go.opentelemetry.io/otel v1.40.0/go.mod h1:IMb+uXZUKkMXdPddhwAHm6UfOwJyh4ct1ybIlV14J0g=
+go.opentelemetry.io/otel v1.41.0 h1:YlEwVsGAlCvczDILpUXpIpPSL/VPugt7zHThEMLce1c=
+go.opentelemetry.io/otel v1.41.0/go.mod h1:Yt4UwgEKeT05QbLwbyHXEwhnjxNO6D8L5PQP51/46dE=
 go.opentelemetry.io/otel/metric v1.39.0 h1:d1UzonvEZriVfpNKEVmHXbdf909uGTOQjA0HF0Ls5Q0=
 go.opentelemetry.io/otel/metric v1.39.0/go.mod h1:jrZSWL33sD7bBxg1xjrqyDjnuzTUB0x1nBERXd7Ftcs=
 go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk v1.39.0 h1:nMLYcjVsvdui1B/4FRkwjzoRVsMK8uL/cj0OyhKzt18=