diff --git a/scripts/update-versions.sh b/scripts/update-versions.sh
index 735d053c2252..57555b927388 100755
--- a/scripts/update-versions.sh
+++ b/scripts/update-versions.sh
@@ -1,9 +1,22 @@
-#!/bin/bash
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
 
-VERSION_STR="$1"
-NEW_VERSION=$(echo "$VERSION_STR" | cut -d. -f2)
-OLD_VERSION=$((NEW_VERSION - 1))
-NEXT_VERSION=$((NEW_VERSION + 1))
+if [[ -z "$1" || -z "$2" || -z "$3"  || -z "$4" ]]; then
+    echo -e "fatal: too few args\n"
+    echo -e "usage:\n  update-versions.sh <old_version> <new_version> <old_cdp_version> <new_cdp_version>"
+    echo -e "example:\n  ./update-versions.sh 4.35.0 4.38.0 137 142"
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+
+if [[ "$1" != *.*.* || "$2" != *.*.* ]] ; then
+    echo "fatal: use major.minor.patch version numbers (e.g.: 4.38.0)"
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+OLD_VERSION="$1"
+NEW_VERSION="$2"
+OLD_CDP_VERSION="$3"
+NEW_CDP_VERSION="$4"
 
 FILES=(
     "examples/java/build.gradle"
@@ -13,20 +26,28 @@ FILES=(
     "examples/java/pom.xml"
     "examples/javascript/package.json"
     "examples/ruby/Gemfile"
+    "examples/ruby/spec/drivers/remote_webdriver_spec.rb"
 )
 
+# replace Selenium version
 for FILE_PATH in "${FILES[@]}"; do
-    if [[ "$FILE_PATH" == "examples/ruby/Gemfile" ]]; then
-        sed -i '' -E "s/4\.$NEW_VERSION\.0/4.$NEXT_VERSION.0/g" "$FILE_PATH"
+    echo $FILE_PATH
+    if [[ ! -f ${FILE_PATH} ]]; then
+        echo "can't find file for replacement!"
     fi
-
-    sed -i '' -E "s/4\.$OLD_VERSION\.[0-9]+/4.$NEW_VERSION.0/g" "$FILE_PATH"
+    perl -i -pe "s/${OLD_VERSION}/${NEW_VERSION}/g" "${FILE_PATH}"
 done
 
+
+# replace CDP version
+find ./examples -type f \
+    '(' -name "*.cs" -o -name "*.java" -o -name "*.js" -o -name "*.py" -o -name "*.rb" ')' \
+    -exec perl -i -pe "s/v${OLD_CDP_VERSION}/v${NEW_CDP_VERSION}/g" {} \;
+
 pushd examples/ruby
 bundle install
 popd
 
 pushd examples/javascript
 npm install
-popd
\ No newline at end of file
+popd