diff --git a/crates/openshell-driver-mxc/examples/mxc-ocsf-audit.toml b/crates/openshell-driver-mxc/examples/mxc-ocsf-audit.toml
index a828264a5e..52b1fbf4e6 100644
--- a/crates/openshell-driver-mxc/examples/mxc-ocsf-audit.toml
+++ b/crates/openshell-driver-mxc/examples/mxc-ocsf-audit.toml
@@ -13,6 +13,9 @@
 # egress-proxy switch into a disposable copy of this file. Workload command and
 # cwd are sandbox-scoped and passed separately through --driver-config-json.
 
+[openshell]
+version = 2
+
 [openshell.drivers.mxc]
 # Path to wxc-exec.exe on the box (patched by the run script; default is the
 # location observed on the MXC test boxes).
diff --git a/crates/openshell-driver-mxc/examples/mxc-ws-gateway.toml b/crates/openshell-driver-mxc/examples/mxc-ws-gateway.toml
index 8a2aa4e9b8..5f534bc48c 100644
--- a/crates/openshell-driver-mxc/examples/mxc-ws-gateway.toml
+++ b/crates/openshell-driver-mxc/examples/mxc-ws-gateway.toml
@@ -32,6 +32,9 @@
 #   openshell-supervisor-relay kills the server directly and exits
 #   driver also kills wxc-exec as a backstop regardless
 
+[openshell]
+version = 2
+
 [openshell.drivers.mxc]
 # Path to wxc-exec.exe.  Patched at runtime by run-ws-agent-test.ps1.
 # Leave commented for mock-mode smoke tests (pass -Mock to the script).
diff --git a/crates/openshell-driver-mxc/tests/demo_examples.rs b/crates/openshell-driver-mxc/tests/demo_examples.rs
index 11e72e688d..7d591fdbfb 100644
--- a/crates/openshell-driver-mxc/tests/demo_examples.rs
+++ b/crates/openshell-driver-mxc/tests/demo_examples.rs
@@ -38,6 +38,24 @@ fn read_example(name: &str) -> String {
         .unwrap_or_else(|error| panic!("failed to read {}: {error}", path.display()))
 }
 
+#[test]
+fn shipped_audit_and_websocket_configs_use_current_schema() {
+    for name in ["mxc-ocsf-audit.toml", "mxc-ws-gateway.toml"] {
+        let source = read_example(name);
+        let parsed: Value = toml::from_str(&source)
+            .unwrap_or_else(|error| panic!("failed to parse {name}: {error}"));
+        let openshell = parsed
+            .get("openshell")
+            .and_then(Value::as_table)
+            .unwrap_or_else(|| panic!("{name} is missing [openshell]"));
+        assert_eq!(
+            openshell.get("version").and_then(Value::as_integer),
+            Some(2),
+            "{name} must use schema version 2"
+        );
+    }
+}
+
 #[test]
 fn shipped_inference_configs_declare_required_mxc_settings() {
     for name in ["mxc-ollama.toml", "mxc-inference.toml"] {