diff --git a/examples/helia-101/package.json b/examples/helia-101/package.json
index 4fb7e314..fc73c5e8 100644
--- a/examples/helia-101/package.json
+++ b/examples/helia-101/package.json
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@
     "@libp2p/tcp": "^11.0.15",
     "blockstore-core": "^6.1.3",
     "blockstore-fs": "^3.0.3",
-    "datastore-core": "^11.0.3",
+    "datastore-core": "^12.0.1",
     "datastore-fs": "^11.0.3",
     "datastore-level": "^12.0.3",
     "helia": "^6.1.2",