diff --git a/examples/helia-101/package.json b/examples/helia-101/package.json
index 29b60cce..72b94e8b 100644
--- a/examples/helia-101/package.json
+++ b/examples/helia-101/package.json
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
   "dependencies": {
     "@chainsafe/libp2p-noise": "^16.1.2",
     "@chainsafe/libp2p-yamux": "^7.0.1",
-    "@helia/car": "^4.0.4",
+    "@helia/car": "^5.2.1",
     "@helia/dag-cbor": "^4.0.3",
     "@helia/http": "^2.0.5",
     "@helia/ipns": "^8.2.0",
diff --git a/examples/helia-create-car/package.json b/examples/helia-create-car/package.json
index 1370175e..b8952c94 100644
--- a/examples/helia-create-car/package.json
+++ b/examples/helia-create-car/package.json
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
     "test": "npm run build && test-browser-example test"
   },
   "dependencies": {
-    "@helia/car": "^4.0.0",
+    "@helia/car": "^5.2.1",
     "@helia/unixfs": "^4.0.0",
     "@ipld/car": "^5.1.1",
     "helia": "^5.0.0",