diff --git a/examples/multi-container/ruby/Dockerfile b/examples/multi-container/ruby/Dockerfile
index d4d9800ef..a69f8e830 100644
--- a/examples/multi-container/ruby/Dockerfile
+++ b/examples/multi-container/ruby/Dockerfile
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 # limitations under the License.
 
 
-FROM ruby:2.7.4
+FROM ruby:3.2.2
 
 # Copy local code to the container image.
 ENV APP_HOME /app
diff --git a/examples/multi-container/ruby/Gemfile b/examples/multi-container/ruby/Gemfile
index e1f06a5a7..291a89a84 100644
--- a/examples/multi-container/ruby/Gemfile
+++ b/examples/multi-container/ruby/Gemfile
@@ -18,3 +18,4 @@ gem 'json'
 gem 'pg'
 gem 'sequel'
 gem 'sinatra'
+gem 'thin'
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/examples/multi-container/ruby/README.md b/examples/multi-container/ruby/README.md
index a30106480..876f8a081 100644
--- a/examples/multi-container/ruby/README.md
+++ b/examples/multi-container/ruby/README.md
@@ -7,14 +7,24 @@ existing application which connects to a Cloud SQL instance.
 
 1. If you haven't already, [create a project](https://cloud.google.com/resource-manager/docs/creating-managing-projects#creating_a_project).
 
-1. Create a 2nd Gen Cloud SQL Postgres Instance by following these
+1. [Enable the APIs](https://console.cloud.google.com/flows/enableapi?apiid=run.googleapis.com,sqladmin.googleapis.com,run.googleapis.com) that will be used during this tutorial:
+
+  * Cloud SQL Admin
+  * Cloud Build
+  * Cloud Run
+  
+3. Create a Cloud SQL Postgres Instance by following these
 [instructions](https://cloud.google.com/sql/docs/postgres/create-instance).
-Note the connection string, database user, and database password that you create.
+Note the connection string and default password that you create.
 
 1. Create a database for your application by following these
 [instructions](https://cloud.google.com/sql/docs/postgres/create-manage-databases).
 Note the database name.
 
+1. Optionally, create a database user for your instance following these
+[instructions](https://cloud.google.com/sql/docs/postgres/create-manage-users).
+Otherwise, use the username "postgres".
+
 ## Deploying the Application
 
 The application you will be deploying should connect to the Cloud SQL Proxy using
@@ -98,16 +108,18 @@ spec:
 
 ```
 
+You can optionally use Secret Manager to store the database password. See
+[this documentation](https://cloud.google.com/run/docs/deploying#yaml) for more details.
+
 Before deploying, you will need to make sure that the service account associated
-with the Cloud Run deployment (defaults to compute engine service account) has the
-Cloud SQL Client role.
+with the Cloud Run deployment has the Cloud SQL Client role.
 See [this documentation](https://cloud.google.com/sql/docs/postgres/roles-and-permissions)
-for more details.
+for more details. The default service account will already have these permissions.
 
 Finally, you can deploy the service using:
 
 ```bash
-gcloud run services replace multicontainers.yaml
+gcloud run services replace multicontainer.yaml
 ```
 
 Once the service is deployed, the console should print out a URL. You can test