diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index 8b23b8d47..a0f9a4b4b 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-7.3.0
\ No newline at end of file
+latest
diff --git a/examples/recording_service/service_admin/c++11/CMakeLists.txt b/examples/recording_service/service_admin/c++11/CMakeLists.txt
index 8c72e9ea8..aab6294c7 100644
--- a/examples/recording_service/service_admin/c++11/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/examples/recording_service/service_admin/c++11/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ target_compile_features(Requester PRIVATE cxx_std_11)
 target_link_libraries(
     Requester
     RTIConnextDDS::messaging_cpp2_api
+    RTIConnextDDS::service_admin_cpp2
     RTIConnextDDS::recording_service
     ${CONNEXTDDS_EXTERNAL_LIBS}
 )
diff --git a/examples/recording_service/service_as_lib/c++11/CMakeLists.txt b/examples/recording_service/service_as_lib/c++11/CMakeLists.txt
index b15f49e0f..eb4c4a2b9 100644
--- a/examples/recording_service/service_as_lib/c++11/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/examples/recording_service/service_as_lib/c++11/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -64,6 +64,7 @@ target_include_directories(
 target_link_libraries(
     ServiceAsLibExample
     RTIConnextDDS::cpp2_api
+    RTIConnextDDS::service_admin_cpp2
     RTIConnextDDS::recording_service
     ${CONNEXTDDS_EXTERNAL_LIBS}
 )
diff --git a/examples/recording_service/service_as_lib/c++11/ServiceAsLibExample.cxx b/examples/recording_service/service_as_lib/c++11/ServiceAsLibExample.cxx
index efa101d07..f2217faec 100644
--- a/examples/recording_service/service_as_lib/c++11/ServiceAsLibExample.cxx
+++ b/examples/recording_service/service_as_lib/c++11/ServiceAsLibExample.cxx
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 
 #include <rti/recording/Service.hpp>
 #include <rti/recording/ServiceProperty.hpp>
-
+#include <rti/idlgen/ServiceAdmin.hpp>
 
 void print_usage(const char *executable)
 {
@@ -109,7 +109,24 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
         embedded_service.start();
         // Wait for 'running_seconds' seconds
         std::this_thread::sleep_for(std::chrono::seconds(running_seconds));
-        embedded_service.stop();
+        RTI::Service::Admin::CommandRequest request;
+        request.action(RTI::Service::Admin::CommandActionKind::UPDATE_ACTION);
+        request.resource_identifier(
+                service_property.application_role()
+                                == rti::recording::ApplicationRoleKind::
+                                        RECORD_APPLICATION
+                        ? "/recording_services/service_as_lib/state"
+                        : "/replay_services/service_as_lib/state");
+        request.string_body("STOPPED");
+        RTI::Service::Admin::CommandReply reply =
+                embedded_service.execute_command(request);
+        if (reply.retcode()
+            != RTI::Service::Admin::CommandReplyRetcode::OK_RETCODE) {
+            std::cerr << "Error stopping the service: " << reply.string_body()
+                      << ", native error code = " << reply.native_retcode()
+                      << std::endl;
+            return EXIT_FAILURE;
+        }
     } catch (const std::exception &ex) {
         std::cerr << "Exception: " << ex.what() << std::endl;
         return EXIT_FAILURE;
diff --git a/resources/cmake/rticonnextdds-cmake-utils b/resources/cmake/rticonnextdds-cmake-utils
index 53d2ed5d2..df51c4f0c 160000
--- a/resources/cmake/rticonnextdds-cmake-utils
+++ b/resources/cmake/rticonnextdds-cmake-utils
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit 53d2ed5d27c3dd043cdaa77d773b91dc06e7d2cc
+Subproject commit df51c4f0ca90443838341b69e74ec88935fa5021