diff --git a/examples/helia-101/package.json b/examples/helia-101/package.json
index 29b60cce..6b7d52d2 100644
--- a/examples/helia-101/package.json
+++ b/examples/helia-101/package.json
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
     "@chainsafe/libp2p-noise": "^16.1.2",
     "@chainsafe/libp2p-yamux": "^7.0.1",
     "@helia/car": "^4.0.4",
-    "@helia/dag-cbor": "^4.0.3",
+    "@helia/dag-cbor": "^5.0.1",
     "@helia/http": "^2.0.5",
     "@helia/ipns": "^8.2.0",
     "@helia/unixfs": "^5.0.0",
diff --git a/examples/helia-lan-discovery/package.json b/examples/helia-lan-discovery/package.json
index 09e260c6..87a30798 100644
--- a/examples/helia-lan-discovery/package.json
+++ b/examples/helia-lan-discovery/package.json
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
     "test2": "npm run client & npm run server"
   },
   "dependencies": {
-    "@helia/dag-cbor": "^4.0.0",
+    "@helia/dag-cbor": "^5.0.1",
     "helia": "^5.0.0",
     "it-length-prefixed-stream": "^2.0.1",
     "multiformats": "^13.0.1"