diff --git a/examples/package.json b/examples/package.json
index 996b8b1..82c8974 100644
--- a/examples/package.json
+++ b/examples/package.json
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
     "@ipld/car": "file:..",
     "@ipld/dag-cbor": "^8.0.0",
     "@ipld/dag-json": "^9.0.1",
-    "@ipld/dag-pb": "^3.0.0",
+    "@ipld/dag-pb": "^4.0.0",
     "@multiformats/blake2": "^1.0.1",
     "@types/varint": "^6.0.0",
     "multiformats": "^11.0.0",