diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 1c0f3bd0..357aeeb0 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ endif()
 
 # Define project
 project(Monitoring
-  VERSION 3.17.4
+  VERSION 3.17.5
   DESCRIPTION "O2 Monitoring library"
   LANGUAGES CXX
 )
diff --git a/examples/16-AliECS.cxx b/examples/16-AliECS.cxx
index b0de85de..bae4fb04 100644
--- a/examples/16-AliECS.cxx
+++ b/examples/16-AliECS.cxx
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ using namespace o2::monitoring;
 class AliEcsClient {
  public:
   AliEcsClient(std::shared_ptr<Channel> channel) : mStub(o2control::Control::NewStub(channel)) {}
-  void sendRunDetails(const auto& influxBackend) {
+  void sendRunDetails(backends::InfluxDB* const influxBackend) {
     o2control::GetEnvironmentsRequest request;
     request.set_showall(false);
     request.set_showtaskinfos(false);
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ int main(int argc, char* argv[]) {
   httpTransport->addHeader("Authorization: Token " + vm["influxdb-token"].as<std::string>());
   auto influxdbBackend = std::make_unique<backends::InfluxDB>(std::move(httpTransport));
   for (;;) {
-    client.sendRunDetails(influxdbBackend);
+    client.sendRunDetails(influxdbBackend.get());
     std::this_thread::sleep_for(std::chrono::seconds(15));
   }
 }