diff --git a/deploy/example/e2e_usage.md b/deploy/example/e2e_usage.md
index d5372db7b0e..72c67ab14ef 100644
--- a/deploy/example/e2e_usage.md
+++ b/deploy/example/e2e_usage.md
@@ -104,7 +104,6 @@ spec:
     - file_mode=0777
   csi:
     driver: smb.csi.k8s.io
-    readOnly: false
     # volumeHandle format: {smb-server-address}#{sub-dir-name}#{share-name}
     # make sure this value is unique for every share in the cluster
     volumeHandle: smb-server.default.svc.cluster.local/share##
diff --git a/deploy/example/nginx-pod-smb.yaml b/deploy/example/nginx-pod-smb.yaml
index 2c6ce8738fc..c94918ea4ae 100644
--- a/deploy/example/nginx-pod-smb.yaml
+++ b/deploy/example/nginx-pod-smb.yaml
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ spec:
       volumeMounts:
         - name: smb01
           mountPath: "/mnt/smb"
+          readOnly: false
   volumes:
     - name: smb01
       persistentVolumeClaim:
diff --git a/deploy/example/pv-smb.yaml b/deploy/example/pv-smb.yaml
index bfb46381917..a524bc71ce2 100644
--- a/deploy/example/pv-smb.yaml
+++ b/deploy/example/pv-smb.yaml
@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@ spec:
     - noserverino  # required to prevent data corruption
   csi:
     driver: smb.csi.k8s.io
-    readOnly: false
     # volumeHandle format: {smb-server-address}#{sub-dir-name}#{share-name}
     # make sure this value is unique for every share in the cluster
     volumeHandle: smb-server.default.svc.cluster.local/share##
diff --git a/deploy/example/smb-provisioner/pv-smb-csi.yaml b/deploy/example/smb-provisioner/pv-smb-csi.yaml
index 87087b52967..65d0ca9bc3b 100644
--- a/deploy/example/smb-provisioner/pv-smb-csi.yaml
+++ b/deploy/example/smb-provisioner/pv-smb-csi.yaml
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@ spec:
     - vers=3.0
   csi:
     driver: smb.csi.k8s.io
-    readOnly: false
     # volumeHandle format: {smb-server-address}#{sub-dir-name}#{share-name}
     # make sure this value is unique for every share in the cluster
     volumeHandle: smb-server.default.svc.cluster.local/share##
diff --git a/deploy/example/statefulset-nonroot.yaml b/deploy/example/statefulset-nonroot.yaml
index e539ca7806a..45101cd4327 100644
--- a/deploy/example/statefulset-nonroot.yaml
+++ b/deploy/example/statefulset-nonroot.yaml
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ spec:
           volumeMounts:
             - name: persistent-storage
               mountPath: /mnt/smb
+              readOnly: false
   updateStrategy:
     type: RollingUpdate
   selector:
diff --git a/deploy/example/statefulset.yaml b/deploy/example/statefulset.yaml
index fbfb35dfc4b..3e24205251f 100644
--- a/deploy/example/statefulset.yaml
+++ b/deploy/example/statefulset.yaml
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ spec:
           volumeMounts:
             - name: persistent-storage
               mountPath: /mnt/smb
+              readOnly: false
   updateStrategy:
     type: RollingUpdate
   selector: