diff --git a/examples/ai-and-user-generated-actors-freestyle/template/package.json b/examples/ai-and-user-generated-actors-freestyle/template/package.json
index 0d6d5bb277..659ac2036b 100644
--- a/examples/ai-and-user-generated-actors-freestyle/template/package.json
+++ b/examples/ai-and-user-generated-actors-freestyle/template/package.json
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 	},
 	"dependencies": {
 		"@rivetkit/react": "^2.3.2",
-		"hono": "4.9.8",
+		"hono": "4.12.25",
 		"on-change": "^5.0.1",
 		"react": "^19.0.0",
 		"react-dom": "^19.0.0",
diff --git a/examples/kitchen-sink/package.json b/examples/kitchen-sink/package.json
index 8f45decaa9..d1c30842b7 100644
--- a/examples/kitchen-sink/package.json
+++ b/examples/kitchen-sink/package.json
@@ -37,17 +37,17 @@
 	},
 	"dependencies": {
 		"@ai-sdk/openai": "^0.0.66",
-		"drizzle-orm": "^0.44.2",
+		"drizzle-orm": "^0.45.2",
 		"@hono/node-server": "^1.19.7",
 		"@hono/node-ws": "^1.3.0",
 		"@rivetkit/react": "*",
 		"@rivetkit/sql-loader": "*",
 		"@rivetkit/rivetkit-napi": "*",
-		"ai": "^4.0.38",
+		"ai": "^5.0.52",
 		"fdb-tuple": "^1.0.0",
-		"hono": "^4.11.3",
+		"hono": "^4.12.25",
 		"lucide-react": "^0.439.0",
-		"mermaid": "^11.12.2",
+		"mermaid": "^11.15.0",
 		"prism-react-renderer": "^2.4.1",
 		"react": "^18.2.0",
 		"react-dom": "^18.2.0",
diff --git a/examples/next-js/package.json b/examples/next-js/package.json
index 8694babac6..8954433140 100644
--- a/examples/next-js/package.json
+++ b/examples/next-js/package.json
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 		"@hono/node-server": "1.14.2",
 		"@hono/node-ws": "1.3.0",
 		"@rivetkit/next-js": "workspace:*",
-		"next": "16.1.1",
+		"next": "16.2.6",
 		"react": "19.1.0",
 		"react-dom": "19.1.0",
 		"rivetkit": "workspace:*"