diff --git a/examples/helia-101/package.json b/examples/helia-101/package.json
index 29b60cce..19306537 100644
--- a/examples/helia-101/package.json
+++ b/examples/helia-101/package.json
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
   },
   "dependencies": {
     "@chainsafe/libp2p-noise": "^16.1.2",
-    "@chainsafe/libp2p-yamux": "^7.0.1",
+    "@chainsafe/libp2p-yamux": "^8.0.1",
     "@helia/car": "^4.0.4",
     "@helia/dag-cbor": "^4.0.3",
     "@helia/http": "^2.0.5",
diff --git a/examples/helia-remote-pinning/package.json b/examples/helia-remote-pinning/package.json
index a405fa10..50374d88 100644
--- a/examples/helia-remote-pinning/package.json
+++ b/examples/helia-remote-pinning/package.json
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
   },
   "dependencies": {
     "@chainsafe/libp2p-noise": "^16.0.0",
-    "@chainsafe/libp2p-yamux": "^7.0.1",
+    "@chainsafe/libp2p-yamux": "^8.0.1",
     "@helia/pinning-service-api-server": "^1.0.0",
     "@helia/remote-pinning": "^2.0.0",
     "@libp2p/bootstrap": "^11.0.17",