diff --git a/_examples/simple/main.go b/_examples/simple/main.go
index 5a5da4dd..606822b1 100644
--- a/_examples/simple/main.go
+++ b/_examples/simple/main.go
@@ -62,7 +62,8 @@ func validateStruct() {
 		// this check is only needed when your code could produce
 		// an invalid value for validation such as interface with nil
 		// value most including myself do not usually have code like this.
-		if errors.As(err, &validator.InvalidValidationError{}) {
+		var invalidValidationError *validator.InvalidValidationError
+		if errors.As(err, &invalidValidationError) {
 			fmt.Println(err)
 			return
 		}
diff --git a/_examples/struct-level/main.go b/_examples/struct-level/main.go
index 1885fc70..faba03fb 100644
--- a/_examples/struct-level/main.go
+++ b/_examples/struct-level/main.go
@@ -115,7 +115,8 @@ func main() {
 		// this check is only needed when your code could produce
 		// an invalid value for validation such as interface with nil
 		// value most including myself do not usually have code like this.
-		if errors.As(err, &validator.InvalidValidationError{}) {
+		var invalidValidationError *validator.InvalidValidationError
+		if errors.As(err, &invalidValidationError) {
 			fmt.Println(err)
 			return
 		}