diff --git a/examples/helia-101/package.json b/examples/helia-101/package.json
index 4fb7e314..2aca8bc7 100644
--- a/examples/helia-101/package.json
+++ b/examples/helia-101/package.json
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@
     "datastore-level": "^12.0.3",
     "helia": "^6.1.2",
     "libp2p": "^3.2.0",
-    "multiformats": "^13.4.2",
+    "multiformats": "^14.0.2",
     "prom-client": "^15.1.3"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
diff --git a/examples/helia-browser-verified-fetch/package.json b/examples/helia-browser-verified-fetch/package.json
index 8edd869e..ebec931b 100644
--- a/examples/helia-browser-verified-fetch/package.json
+++ b/examples/helia-browser-verified-fetch/package.json
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
     "@ipld/dag-cbor": "^9.2.6",
     "@ipld/dag-json": "^10.2.7",
     "file-type": "^22.0.1",
-    "multiformats": "^13.4.2",
+    "multiformats": "^14.0.2",
     "react": "^19.0.0",
     "react-dom": "^19.0.0"
   },
diff --git a/examples/helia-lan-discovery/package.json b/examples/helia-lan-discovery/package.json
index 7de61b89..3fbb4715 100644
--- a/examples/helia-lan-discovery/package.json
+++ b/examples/helia-lan-discovery/package.json
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
     "@helia/dag-cbor": "^5.1.1",
     "@libp2p/utils": "^7.0.15",
     "helia": "^6.1.2",
-    "multiformats": "^13.4.2"
+    "multiformats": "^14.0.2"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
     "test-ipfs-example": "^1.3.3"
diff --git a/examples/helia-remote-pinning/package.json b/examples/helia-remote-pinning/package.json
index b6187b4e..4a19a683 100644
--- a/examples/helia-remote-pinning/package.json
+++ b/examples/helia-remote-pinning/package.json
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
     "helia": "^6.1.2",
     "it-drain": "^3.0.12",
     "libp2p": "^3.2.0",
-    "multiformats": "^13.4.2",
+    "multiformats": "^14.0.2",
     "uint8arrays": "^5.1.0"
   },
   "devDependencies": {