diff --git a/examples/browser-exchange-files/package.json b/examples/browser-exchange-files/package.json
index 54e07963..7076dae3 100644
--- a/examples/browser-exchange-files/package.json
+++ b/examples/browser-exchange-files/package.json
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
   },
   "browserslist": "last 1 Chrome version",
   "dependencies": {
-    "@libp2p/websockets": "^3.0.3",
+    "@libp2p/websockets": "^5.0.3",
     "ipfs-core": "^0.16.0",
     "it-all": "^1.0.4",
     "uint8arrays": "^3.0.0"
diff --git a/examples/browser-ipns-publish/package.json b/examples/browser-ipns-publish/package.json
index f9916ae3..7ac0d538 100644
--- a/examples/browser-ipns-publish/package.json
+++ b/examples/browser-ipns-publish/package.json
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
   },
   "browserslist": "last 1 Chrome version",
   "dependencies": {
-    "@libp2p/websockets": "^3.0.3",
+    "@libp2p/websockets": "^5.0.3",
     "ipfs-core": "^0.16.0",
     "kubo-rpc-client": "^1.0.1",
     "ipfs-utils": "^9.0.6",
diff --git a/examples/circuit-relaying/package.json b/examples/circuit-relaying/package.json
index f2ad3c2a..a3188597 100644
--- a/examples/circuit-relaying/package.json
+++ b/examples/circuit-relaying/package.json
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
   },
   "browserslist": "last 1 Chrome version",
   "dependencies": {
-    "@libp2p/websockets": "^3.0.3",
+    "@libp2p/websockets": "^5.0.3",
     "delay": "^5.0.0",
     "ipfs-core": "^0.16.0",
     "ipfs-css": "^1.3.0",