diff --git a/examples/custom-ipfs-repo/package.json b/examples/custom-ipfs-repo/package.json
index 17ca70ab..57326212 100644
--- a/examples/custom-ipfs-repo/package.json
+++ b/examples/custom-ipfs-repo/package.json
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
   },
   "dependencies": {
     "@ipld/dag-cbor": "^7.0.0",
-    "@ipld/dag-pb": "^2.1.3",
+    "@ipld/dag-pb": "^4.0.2",
     "blockstore-datastore-adapter": "^3.0.1",
     "datastore-fs": "^8.0.0",
     "ipfs-core": "^0.16.0",
diff --git a/examples/traverse-ipld-graphs/package.json b/examples/traverse-ipld-graphs/package.json
index 66ec005b..e0edcd21 100644
--- a/examples/traverse-ipld-graphs/package.json
+++ b/examples/traverse-ipld-graphs/package.json
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
     "test": "node tests/test.js"
   },
   "dependencies": {
-    "@ipld/dag-pb": "^2.1.3",
+    "@ipld/dag-pb": "^4.0.2",
     "ipfs-core": "^0.16.0",
     "ipld-ethereum": "^6.0.0",
     "ipld-format-to-blockcodec": "0.0.1",