diff --git a/examples/advanced-project-js/src/__checks__/utils/alert-channels.js b/examples/advanced-project-js/src/__checks__/utils/alert-channels.js
index e87f53ff2..0e7abdf67 100644
--- a/examples/advanced-project-js/src/__checks__/utils/alert-channels.js
+++ b/examples/advanced-project-js/src/__checks__/utils/alert-channels.js
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 const { URL } = require('node:url')
 
 const {
-  SmsAlertChannel,
   EmailAlertChannel,
   SlackAlertChannel,
   WebhookAlertChannel,
@@ -21,11 +20,6 @@ const sendDefaults = {
   sslExpiryThreshold: 30,
 };
 
-const smsChannel = new SmsAlertChannel('sms-channel-1', {
-  phoneNumber: '0031061234567890',
-  ...sendDefaults,
-})
-
 const emailChannel = new EmailAlertChannel('email-channel-1', {
   address: 'alerts@acme.com',
   ...sendDefaults,
@@ -57,7 +51,6 @@ const webhookChannel = new WebhookAlertChannel('webhook-channel-1', {
 })
 
 module.exports = {
-  smsChannel,
   emailChannel,
   slackChannel,
   webhookChannel,
diff --git a/examples/advanced-project/checkly.config.ts b/examples/advanced-project/checkly.config.ts
index 577437649..5ddde2f00 100644
--- a/examples/advanced-project/checkly.config.ts
+++ b/examples/advanced-project/checkly.config.ts
@@ -18,15 +18,15 @@ const config = defineConfig({
     /* A default for how often your Check should run in minutes */
     frequency: 10,
     /* Checkly data centers to run your Checks as monitors */
-    locations: ['us-east-1', 'eu-west-1'],
+    locations: ['us-east-1', 'eu-central-1'],
     /* An optional array of tags to organize your Checks */
     tags: ['mac'],
     /** The Checkly Runtime identifier, determining npm packages and the Node.js version available at runtime.
      * See https://www.checklyhq.com/docs/cli/npm-packages/
      */
     runtimeId: '2025.04',
-    /* Failed check runs will be retried before triggering alerts */
-    retryStrategy: RetryStrategyBuilder.fixedStrategy({ baseBackoffSeconds: 60, maxRetries: 4, sameRegion: true }),
+    /* Failed check runs will be retried before triggering alerts - not available on all plan types */
+    // retryStrategy: RetryStrategyBuilder.fixedStrategy({ baseBackoffSeconds: 60, maxRetries: 4, sameRegion: true }),
     /* All checks will have this alert escalation policy defined */
     alertEscalationPolicy: AlertEscalationBuilder.runBasedEscalation(1),
     /* A glob pattern that matches the Checks inside your repo, see https://www.checklyhq.com/docs/constructs/including-checks/#checks-checkmatch */
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ const config = defineConfig({
   },
   cli: {
     /* The default datacenter location to use when running npx checkly test */
-    runLocation: 'eu-west-1',
+    runLocation: 'eu-central-1',
     /* An array of default reporters to use when a reporter is not specified with the "--reporter" flag */
     reporters: ['list'],
     /* How many times to retry a failing test run when running `npx checkly test` or `npx checkly trigger` (max. 3) */
diff --git a/examples/advanced-project/src/__checks__/utils/alert-channels.ts b/examples/advanced-project/src/__checks__/utils/alert-channels.ts
index 0ff6dcaa8..e0c30bf39 100644
--- a/examples/advanced-project/src/__checks__/utils/alert-channels.ts
+++ b/examples/advanced-project/src/__checks__/utils/alert-channels.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 import { URL } from 'node:url'
 import {
-  SmsAlertChannel,
   EmailAlertChannel,
   SlackAlertChannel,
   WebhookAlertChannel
@@ -21,11 +20,6 @@ const sendDefaults = {
   sslExpiryThreshold: 30
 }
 
-export const smsChannel = new SmsAlertChannel('sms-channel-1', {
-  phoneNumber: '0031061234567890',
-  ...sendDefaults
-})
-
 export const emailChannel = new EmailAlertChannel('email-channel-1', {
   address: 'alerts@acme.com',
   ...sendDefaults
diff --git a/examples/boilerplate-project-js/__checks__/api.check.js b/examples/boilerplate-project-js/__checks__/api.check.js
index 4c66734f1..2e505e906 100644
--- a/examples/boilerplate-project-js/__checks__/api.check.js
+++ b/examples/boilerplate-project-js/__checks__/api.check.js
@@ -18,5 +18,5 @@ new ApiCheck("books-api-check-1", {
       AssertionBuilder.jsonBody("$[0].id").isNotNull(),
     ],
   },
-  runParallel: true,
+  runParallel: false,
 })
diff --git a/examples/boilerplate-project-js/checkly.config.js b/examples/boilerplate-project-js/checkly.config.js
index 921016976..af95d673d 100644
--- a/examples/boilerplate-project-js/checkly.config.js
+++ b/examples/boilerplate-project-js/checkly.config.js
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ const config = defineConfig({
     /* A default for how often your Check should run in minutes */
     frequency: 10,
     /* Checkly data centers to run your Checks as monitors */
-    locations: ['us-east-1', 'eu-west-1'],
+    locations: ['us-east-1', 'eu-central-1'],
     /* An optional array of tags to organize your Checks */
     tags: ['mac'],
     /** The Checkly Runtime identifier, determining npm packages and the Node.js version available at runtime.
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ const config = defineConfig({
   },
   cli: {
     /* The default datacenter location to use when running npx checkly test */
-    runLocation: 'eu-west-1',
+    runLocation: 'eu-central-1',
     /* An array of default reporters to use when a reporter is not specified with the "--reporter" flag */
     reporters: ['list'],
     /* How many times to retry a failing test run when running `npx checkly test` or `npx checkly trigger` (max. 3) */
diff --git a/examples/boilerplate-project/__checks__/api.check.ts b/examples/boilerplate-project/__checks__/api.check.ts
index 1e4954cef..d75330d45 100644
--- a/examples/boilerplate-project/__checks__/api.check.ts
+++ b/examples/boilerplate-project/__checks__/api.check.ts
@@ -18,5 +18,5 @@ new ApiCheck('books-api-check-1', {
       AssertionBuilder.jsonBody('$[0].id').isNotNull(),
     ],
   },
-  runParallel: true,
+  runParallel: false,
 })
diff --git a/examples/boilerplate-project/checkly.config.ts b/examples/boilerplate-project/checkly.config.ts
index 872edac03..9309f9677 100644
--- a/examples/boilerplate-project/checkly.config.ts
+++ b/examples/boilerplate-project/checkly.config.ts
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ const config = defineConfig({
     /* A default for how often your Check should run in minutes */
     frequency: 10,
     /* Checkly data centers to run your Checks as monitors */
-    locations: ['us-east-1', 'eu-west-1'],
+    locations: ['us-east-1', 'eu-central-1'],
     /* An optional array of tags to organize your Checks */
     tags: ['mac'],
     /** The Checkly Runtime identifier, determining npm packages and the Node.js version available at runtime.
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ const config = defineConfig({
   },
   cli: {
     /* The default datacenter location to use when running npx checkly test */
-    runLocation: 'eu-west-1',
+    runLocation: 'eu-central-1',
     /* An array of default reporters to use when a reporter is not specified with the "--reporter" flag */
     reporters: ['list'],
     /* How many times to retry a failing test run when running `npx checkly test` or `npx checkly trigger` (max. 3) */
diff --git a/packages/create-cli/e2e/__tests__/fixtures/initiated-project/checkly.config.ts b/packages/create-cli/e2e/__tests__/fixtures/initiated-project/checkly.config.ts
index 25400fae0..dd7033661 100644
--- a/packages/create-cli/e2e/__tests__/fixtures/initiated-project/checkly.config.ts
+++ b/packages/create-cli/e2e/__tests__/fixtures/initiated-project/checkly.config.ts
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ const config = defineConfig({
   repoUrl: 'https://github.com/checkly/checkly-cli',
   checks: {
     frequency: 10,
-    locations: ['us-east-1', 'eu-west-1'],
+    locations: ['us-east-1', 'eu-central-1'],
     tags: ['mac'],
     runtimeId: '2023.02',
     checkMatch: '**/__checks__/**/*.check.ts',
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ const config = defineConfig({
     },
   },
   cli: {
-    runLocation: 'eu-west-1',
+    runLocation: 'eu-central-1',
     reporters: ['list'],
   },
 })
diff --git a/packages/create-cli/src/utils/__tests__/fixtures/checkly-project/checkly.config.ts b/packages/create-cli/src/utils/__tests__/fixtures/checkly-project/checkly.config.ts
index b1f7b7f47..ef54bb2c8 100644
--- a/packages/create-cli/src/utils/__tests__/fixtures/checkly-project/checkly.config.ts
+++ b/packages/create-cli/src/utils/__tests__/fixtures/checkly-project/checkly.config.ts
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ const config = defineConfig({
   repoUrl: 'https://github.com/checkly/checkly-cli',
   checks: {
     frequency: 10,
-    locations: ['us-east-1', 'eu-west-1'],
+    locations: ['us-east-1', 'eu-central-1'],
     tags: ['mac'],
     runtimeId: '2023.02',
     checkMatch: '**/__checks__/**/*.check.ts',
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ const config = defineConfig({
     },
   },
   cli: {
-    runLocation: 'eu-west-1',
+    runLocation: 'eu-central-1',
     reporters: ['list'],
   },
 })