diff --git a/examples/helia-101/package.json b/examples/helia-101/package.json
index 29b60cce..ad3bc3b9 100644
--- a/examples/helia-101/package.json
+++ b/examples/helia-101/package.json
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@
     "datastore-core": "^10.0.2",
     "datastore-fs": "^10.0.2",
     "helia": "^5.3.0",
-    "libp2p": "^2.8.5",
+    "libp2p": "^3.0.3",
     "prom-client": "^15.1.3"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
diff --git a/examples/helia-remote-pinning/package.json b/examples/helia-remote-pinning/package.json
index a405fa10..d333409a 100644
--- a/examples/helia-remote-pinning/package.json
+++ b/examples/helia-remote-pinning/package.json
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
     "@libp2p/websockets": "^9.1.2",
     "helia": "^5.0.0",
     "it-drain": "^3.0.7",
-    "libp2p": "^2.1.8",
+    "libp2p": "^3.0.3",
     "multiformats": "^13.3.1",
     "uint8arrays": "^5.1.0"
   },