diff --git a/examples/helia-101/package.json b/examples/helia-101/package.json
index 29b60cce..6d445985 100644
--- a/examples/helia-101/package.json
+++ b/examples/helia-101/package.json
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
     "@helia/http": "^2.0.5",
     "@helia/ipns": "^8.2.0",
     "@helia/unixfs": "^5.0.0",
-    "@libp2p/bootstrap": "^11.0.35",
+    "@libp2p/bootstrap": "^12.0.7",
     "@libp2p/crypto": "^5.1.1",
     "@libp2p/identify": "^3.0.29",
     "@libp2p/pnet": "^2.0.39",
diff --git a/examples/helia-remote-pinning/package.json b/examples/helia-remote-pinning/package.json
index a405fa10..b9010597 100644
--- a/examples/helia-remote-pinning/package.json
+++ b/examples/helia-remote-pinning/package.json
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
     "@chainsafe/libp2p-yamux": "^7.0.1",
     "@helia/pinning-service-api-server": "^1.0.0",
     "@helia/remote-pinning": "^2.0.0",
-    "@libp2p/bootstrap": "^11.0.17",
+    "@libp2p/bootstrap": "^12.0.7",
     "@libp2p/circuit-relay-v2": "^3.1.7",
     "@libp2p/crypto": "^5.0.9",
     "@libp2p/devtools-metrics": "^1.1.6",