diff --git a/examples/chat/Cargo.toml b/examples/chat/Cargo.toml
index 90d88246fa..b93d74fc44 100644
--- a/examples/chat/Cargo.toml
+++ b/examples/chat/Cargo.toml
@@ -8,6 +8,6 @@ publish = false
 axum = { path = "../../axum", features = ["ws"] }
 futures = "0.3"
 tokio = { version = "1", features = ["full"] }
-tower = { version = "0.4", features = ["util"] }
+tower = { version = "0.5", features = ["util"] }
 tracing = "0.1"
 tracing-subscriber = { version = "0.3", features = ["env-filter"] }
diff --git a/examples/compression/Cargo.toml b/examples/compression/Cargo.toml
index d5fdcf8e7a..7b233d97a0 100644
--- a/examples/compression/Cargo.toml
+++ b/examples/compression/Cargo.toml
@@ -9,14 +9,14 @@ axum = { path = "../../axum" }
 axum-extra = { path = "../../axum-extra", features = ["typed-header"] }
 serde_json = "1"
 tokio = { version = "1", features = ["macros", "rt-multi-thread"] }
-tower = "0.4"
+tower = "0.5"
 tower-http = { version = "0.5", features = ["compression-full", "decompression-full"] }
 tracing = "0.1"
 tracing-subscriber = { version = "0.3", features = ["env-filter"] }
 
 [dev-dependencies]
 assert-json-diff = "2.0"
-brotli = "3.4"
+brotli = "6"
 flate2 = "1"
 http = "1"
 zstd = "0.13"
diff --git a/examples/consume-body-in-extractor-or-middleware/Cargo.toml b/examples/consume-body-in-extractor-or-middleware/Cargo.toml
index 9aeb864d61..6ff4ee4f34 100644
--- a/examples/consume-body-in-extractor-or-middleware/Cargo.toml
+++ b/examples/consume-body-in-extractor-or-middleware/Cargo.toml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ axum = { path = "../../axum" }
 http-body-util = "0.1.0"
 hyper = "1.0.0"
 tokio = { version = "1.0", features = ["full"] }
-tower = "0.4"
+tower = "0.5"
 tower-http = { version = "0.5.0", features = ["map-request-body", "util"] }
 tracing = "0.1"
 tracing-subscriber = { version = "0.3", features = ["env-filter"] }
diff --git a/examples/diesel-async-postgres/Cargo.toml b/examples/diesel-async-postgres/Cargo.toml
index d86db1516d..2631e681e9 100644
--- a/examples/diesel-async-postgres/Cargo.toml
+++ b/examples/diesel-async-postgres/Cargo.toml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ publish = false
 axum = { path = "../../axum", features = ["macros"] }
 bb8 = "0.8"
 diesel = "2"
-diesel-async = { version = "0.3", features = ["postgres", "bb8"] }
+diesel-async = { version = "0.5", features = ["postgres", "bb8"] }
 serde = { version = "1.0", features = ["derive"] }
 serde_json = "1"
 tokio = { version = "1.0", features = ["full"] }
diff --git a/examples/diesel-postgres/Cargo.toml b/examples/diesel-postgres/Cargo.toml
index ff42a0db68..0503032c79 100644
--- a/examples/diesel-postgres/Cargo.toml
+++ b/examples/diesel-postgres/Cargo.toml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ publish = false
 
 [dependencies]
 axum = { path = "../../axum", features = ["macros"] }
-deadpool-diesel = { version = "0.4.1", features = ["postgres"] }
+deadpool-diesel = { version = "0.6", features = ["postgres"] }
 diesel = { version = "2", features = ["postgres"] }
 diesel_migrations = "2"
 serde = { version = "1.0", features = ["derive"] }
diff --git a/examples/global-404-handler/Cargo.toml b/examples/global-404-handler/Cargo.toml
index 9848d9e830..8d4cf164b4 100644
--- a/examples/global-404-handler/Cargo.toml
+++ b/examples/global-404-handler/Cargo.toml
@@ -7,6 +7,6 @@ publish = false
 [dependencies]
 axum = { path = "../../axum" }
 tokio = { version = "1.0", features = ["full"] }
-tower = { version = "0.4", features = ["util"] }
+tower = { version = "0.5", features = ["util"] }
 tracing = "0.1"
 tracing-subscriber = { version = "0.3", features = ["env-filter"] }
diff --git a/examples/graceful-shutdown/Cargo.toml b/examples/graceful-shutdown/Cargo.toml
index 86dfd52763..69c1459967 100644
--- a/examples/graceful-shutdown/Cargo.toml
+++ b/examples/graceful-shutdown/Cargo.toml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ axum = { path = "../../axum", features = ["tracing"] }
 hyper = { version = "1.0", features = [] }
 hyper-util = { version = "0.1", features = ["tokio", "server-auto", "http1"] }
 tokio = { version = "1.0", features = ["full"] }
-tower = { version = "0.4", features = ["util"] }
+tower = { version = "0.5", features = ["util"] }
 tower-http = { version = "0.5", features = ["timeout", "trace"] }
 tracing = "0.1"
 tracing-subscriber = { version = "0.3", features = ["env-filter"] }
diff --git a/examples/handle-head-request/Cargo.toml b/examples/handle-head-request/Cargo.toml
index 83a8a66e25..2d354d4e15 100644
--- a/examples/handle-head-request/Cargo.toml
+++ b/examples/handle-head-request/Cargo.toml
@@ -11,4 +11,4 @@ tokio = { version = "1.0", features = ["full"] }
 [dev-dependencies]
 http-body-util = "0.1.0"
 hyper = { version = "1.0.0", features = ["full"] }
-tower = { version = "0.4", features = ["util"] }
+tower = { version = "0.5", features = ["util"] }
diff --git a/examples/http-proxy/Cargo.toml b/examples/http-proxy/Cargo.toml
index aa6070020a..ac1f6257d4 100644
--- a/examples/http-proxy/Cargo.toml
+++ b/examples/http-proxy/Cargo.toml
@@ -9,6 +9,6 @@ axum = { path = "../../axum" }
 hyper = { version = "1", features = ["full"] }
 hyper-util = "0.1.1"
 tokio = { version = "1.0", features = ["full"] }
-tower = { version = "0.4", features = ["make"] }
+tower = { version = "0.5", features = ["make"] }
 tracing = "0.1"
 tracing-subscriber = { version = "0.3", features = ["env-filter"] }
diff --git a/examples/jwt/Cargo.toml b/examples/jwt/Cargo.toml
index b0c76c25d1..baca6c0a94 100644
--- a/examples/jwt/Cargo.toml
+++ b/examples/jwt/Cargo.toml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ publish = false
 [dependencies]
 axum = { path = "../../axum" }
 axum-extra = { path = "../../axum-extra", features = ["typed-header"] }
-jsonwebtoken = "8.0"
+jsonwebtoken = "9.0"
 once_cell = "1.8"
 serde = { version = "1.0", features = ["derive"] }
 serde_json = "1.0"
diff --git a/examples/key-value-store/Cargo.toml b/examples/key-value-store/Cargo.toml
index c23b28d268..78158b8094 100644
--- a/examples/key-value-store/Cargo.toml
+++ b/examples/key-value-store/Cargo.toml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ publish = false
 [dependencies]
 axum = { path = "../../axum" }
 tokio = { version = "1.0", features = ["full"] }
-tower = { version = "0.4", features = ["util", "timeout", "load-shed", "limit"] }
+tower = { version = "0.5", features = ["util", "timeout", "load-shed", "limit"] }
 tower-http = { version = "0.5.0", features = [
     "add-extension",
     "auth",
diff --git a/examples/listen-multiple-addrs/Cargo.toml b/examples/listen-multiple-addrs/Cargo.toml
index 8940b94332..5f230340e4 100644
--- a/examples/listen-multiple-addrs/Cargo.toml
+++ b/examples/listen-multiple-addrs/Cargo.toml
@@ -9,4 +9,4 @@ axum = { path = "../../axum" }
 hyper = { version = "1.0.0", features = ["full"] }
 hyper-util = { version = "0.1", features = ["tokio", "server-auto", "http1"] }
 tokio = { version = "1", features = ["full"] }
-tower = { version = "0.4", features = ["util"] }
+tower = { version = "0.5", features = ["util"] }
diff --git a/examples/low-level-openssl/Cargo.toml b/examples/low-level-openssl/Cargo.toml
index c5247dec9c..d44a4fe9bb 100644
--- a/examples/low-level-openssl/Cargo.toml
+++ b/examples/low-level-openssl/Cargo.toml
@@ -12,6 +12,6 @@ hyper-util = { version = "0.1" }
 openssl = "0.10"
 tokio = { version = "1", features = ["full"] }
 tokio-openssl = "0.6"
-tower = { version = "0.4", features = ["make"] }
+tower = { version = "0.5", features = ["make"] }
 tracing = "0.1"
 tracing-subscriber = { version = "0.3", features = ["env-filter"] }
diff --git a/examples/low-level-rustls/Cargo.toml b/examples/low-level-rustls/Cargo.toml
index 3975fcb917..7de667eaaf 100644
--- a/examples/low-level-rustls/Cargo.toml
+++ b/examples/low-level-rustls/Cargo.toml
@@ -9,10 +9,10 @@ axum = { path = "../../axum" }
 futures-util = { version = "0.3", default-features = false }
 hyper = { version = "1.0.0", features = ["full"] }
 hyper-util = { version = "0.1" }
-rustls-pemfile = "1.0.4"
+rustls-pemfile = "2"
 tokio = { version = "1", features = ["full"] }
-tokio-rustls = "0.24.1"
-tower = { version = "0.4", features = ["make"] }
+tokio-rustls = "0.26"
+tower = { version = "0.5", features = ["make"] }
 tower-service = "0.3.2"
 tracing = "0.1"
 tracing-subscriber = { version = "0.3", features = ["env-filter"] }
diff --git a/examples/low-level-rustls/src/main.rs b/examples/low-level-rustls/src/main.rs
index 660225d7cf..f789cec18a 100644
--- a/examples/low-level-rustls/src/main.rs
+++ b/examples/low-level-rustls/src/main.rs
@@ -16,10 +16,7 @@ use std::{
     sync::Arc,
 };
 use tokio::net::TcpListener;
-use tokio_rustls::{
-    rustls::{Certificate, PrivateKey, ServerConfig},
-    TlsAcceptor,
-};
+use tokio_rustls::{rustls::ServerConfig, TlsAcceptor};
 use tower_service::Service;
 use tracing::{error, info, warn};
 use tracing_subscriber::{layer::SubscriberExt, util::SubscriberInitExt};
@@ -98,17 +95,12 @@ fn rustls_server_config(key: impl AsRef<Path>, cert: impl AsRef<Path>) -> Arc<Se
     let mut key_reader = BufReader::new(File::open(key).unwrap());
     let mut cert_reader = BufReader::new(File::open(cert).unwrap());
 
-    let key = PrivateKey(pkcs8_private_keys(&mut key_reader).unwrap().remove(0));
-    let certs = certs(&mut cert_reader)
-        .unwrap()
-        .into_iter()
-        .map(Certificate)
-        .collect();
+    let key = pkcs8_private_keys(&mut key_reader).next().unwrap().unwrap();
+    let certs = certs(&mut cert_reader).collect::<Result<_, _>>().unwrap();
 
     let mut config = ServerConfig::builder()
-        .with_safe_defaults()
         .with_no_client_auth()
-        .with_single_cert(certs, key)
+        .with_single_cert(certs, key.into())
         .expect("bad certificate/key");
 
     config.alpn_protocols = vec![b"h2".to_vec(), b"http/1.1".to_vec()];
diff --git a/examples/print-request-response/Cargo.toml b/examples/print-request-response/Cargo.toml
index a314b5b7fe..da2ad40fb6 100644
--- a/examples/print-request-response/Cargo.toml
+++ b/examples/print-request-response/Cargo.toml
@@ -9,6 +9,6 @@ axum = { path = "../../axum" }
 http-body-util = "0.1.0"
 hyper = { version = "1.0.0", features = ["full"] }
 tokio = { version = "1.0", features = ["full"] }
-tower = { version = "0.4", features = ["util", "filter"] }
+tower = { version = "0.5", features = ["util", "filter"] }
 tracing = "0.1"
 tracing-subscriber = { version = "0.3", features = ["env-filter"] }
diff --git a/examples/prometheus-metrics/Cargo.toml b/examples/prometheus-metrics/Cargo.toml
index a30e443659..56ccdd05b0 100644
--- a/examples/prometheus-metrics/Cargo.toml
+++ b/examples/prometheus-metrics/Cargo.toml
@@ -6,8 +6,8 @@ publish = false
 
 [dependencies]
 axum = { path = "../../axum" }
-metrics = { version = "0.22", default-features = false }
-metrics-exporter-prometheus = { version = "0.13", default-features = false }
+metrics = { version = "0.23", default-features = false }
+metrics-exporter-prometheus = { version = "0.15", default-features = false }
 tokio = { version = "1.0", features = ["full"] }
 tracing = "0.1"
 tracing-subscriber = { version = "0.3", features = ["env-filter"] }
diff --git a/examples/query-params-with-empty-strings/Cargo.toml b/examples/query-params-with-empty-strings/Cargo.toml
index 7a52e98d1e..051e2d72d6 100644
--- a/examples/query-params-with-empty-strings/Cargo.toml
+++ b/examples/query-params-with-empty-strings/Cargo.toml
@@ -10,4 +10,4 @@ http-body-util = "0.1.0"
 hyper = "1.0.0"
 serde = { version = "1.0", features = ["derive"] }
 tokio = { version = "1.0", features = ["full"] }
-tower = { version = "0.4", features = ["util"] }
+tower = { version = "0.5", features = ["util"] }
diff --git a/examples/rest-grpc-multiplex/Cargo.toml b/examples/rest-grpc-multiplex/Cargo.toml
index 11a6a3a2b4..917f38d944 100644
--- a/examples/rest-grpc-multiplex/Cargo.toml
+++ b/examples/rest-grpc-multiplex/Cargo.toml
@@ -8,13 +8,13 @@ publish = false
 axum = { path = "../../axum" }
 futures = "0.3"
 hyper = { version = "1.0.0", features = ["full"] }
-prost = "0.11"
+prost = "0.13"
 tokio = { version = "1", features = ["full"] }
-tonic = { version = "0.9" }
-tonic-reflection = "0.9"
-tower = { version = "0.4", features = ["full"] }
+tonic = { version = "0.12" }
+tonic-reflection = "0.12"
+tower = { version = "0.5", features = ["full"] }
 tracing = "0.1"
 tracing-subscriber = { version = "0.3", features = ["env-filter"] }
 
 [build-dependencies]
-tonic-build = { version = "0.9", features = ["prost"] }
+tonic-build = { version = "0.12", features = ["prost"] }
diff --git a/examples/serve-with-hyper/Cargo.toml b/examples/serve-with-hyper/Cargo.toml
index 06f4607053..309334ed49 100644
--- a/examples/serve-with-hyper/Cargo.toml
+++ b/examples/serve-with-hyper/Cargo.toml
@@ -9,4 +9,4 @@ axum = { path = "../../axum" }
 hyper = { version = "1.0", features = [] }
 hyper-util = { version = "0.1", features = ["tokio", "server-auto", "http1"] }
 tokio = { version = "1.0", features = ["full"] }
-tower = { version = "0.4", features = ["util"] }
+tower = { version = "0.5", features = ["util"] }
diff --git a/examples/sqlx-postgres/Cargo.toml b/examples/sqlx-postgres/Cargo.toml
index 3bc40302ed..0a0c437630 100644
--- a/examples/sqlx-postgres/Cargo.toml
+++ b/examples/sqlx-postgres/Cargo.toml
@@ -10,4 +10,4 @@ tokio = { version = "1.0", features = ["full"] }
 tracing = "0.1"
 tracing-subscriber = { version = "0.3", features = ["env-filter"] }
 
-sqlx = { version = "0.7", features = ["runtime-tokio-rustls", "any", "postgres"] }
+sqlx = { version = "0.8", features = ["runtime-tokio-rustls", "any", "postgres"] }
diff --git a/examples/sse/Cargo.toml b/examples/sse/Cargo.toml
index b2b33159fe..5919cf05f6 100644
--- a/examples/sse/Cargo.toml
+++ b/examples/sse/Cargo.toml
@@ -18,4 +18,4 @@ tracing-subscriber = { version = "0.3", features = ["env-filter"] }
 [dev-dependencies]
 eventsource-stream = "0.2"
 reqwest = { version = "0.12", features = ["stream"] }
-reqwest-eventsource = "0.5"
+reqwest-eventsource = "0.6"
diff --git a/examples/static-file-server/Cargo.toml b/examples/static-file-server/Cargo.toml
index 3f41d60816..12e9295999 100644
--- a/examples/static-file-server/Cargo.toml
+++ b/examples/static-file-server/Cargo.toml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ publish = false
 axum = { path = "../../axum" }
 axum-extra = { path = "../../axum-extra" }
 tokio = { version = "1.0", features = ["full"] }
-tower = { version = "0.4", features = ["util"] }
+tower = { version = "0.5", features = ["util"] }
 tower-http = { version = "0.5.0", features = ["fs", "trace"] }
 tracing = "0.1"
 tracing-subscriber = { version = "0.3", features = ["env-filter"] }
diff --git a/examples/templates-minijinja/Cargo.toml b/examples/templates-minijinja/Cargo.toml
index 9b525a8c29..dbd02b9f80 100644
--- a/examples/templates-minijinja/Cargo.toml
+++ b/examples/templates-minijinja/Cargo.toml
@@ -6,5 +6,5 @@ publish = false
 
 [dependencies]
 axum = { path = "../../axum" }
-minijinja = "1.0.11"
+minijinja = "2"
 tokio = { version = "1.0", features = ["full"] }
diff --git a/examples/templates/Cargo.toml b/examples/templates/Cargo.toml
index 2f5aba2791..6cba09469f 100644
--- a/examples/templates/Cargo.toml
+++ b/examples/templates/Cargo.toml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ edition = "2021"
 publish = false
 
 [dependencies]
-askama = "0.11"
+askama = "0.12"
 axum = { path = "../../axum" }
 tokio = { version = "1.0", features = ["full"] }
 tracing = "0.1"
diff --git a/examples/testing/Cargo.toml b/examples/testing/Cargo.toml
index 00e8132f73..38b0b6d297 100644
--- a/examples/testing/Cargo.toml
+++ b/examples/testing/Cargo.toml
@@ -17,4 +17,4 @@ tracing = "0.1"
 tracing-subscriber = { version = "0.3", features = ["env-filter"] }
 
 [dev-dependencies]
-tower = { version = "0.4", features = ["util"] }
+tower = { version = "0.5", features = ["util"] }
diff --git a/examples/tls-graceful-shutdown/Cargo.toml b/examples/tls-graceful-shutdown/Cargo.toml
index 40e489030a..fd1790b7d0 100644
--- a/examples/tls-graceful-shutdown/Cargo.toml
+++ b/examples/tls-graceful-shutdown/Cargo.toml
@@ -6,8 +6,8 @@ publish = false
 
 [dependencies]
 axum = { path = "../../axum" }
-axum-server = { version = "0.6", features = ["tls-rustls"] }
-hyper = { version = "0.14", features = ["full"] }
+axum-server = { version = "0.7", features = ["tls-rustls"] }
+hyper = { version = "1", features = ["full"] }
 tokio = { version = "1", features = ["full"] }
 tracing = "0.1"
 tracing-subscriber = { version = "0.3", features = ["env-filter"] }
diff --git a/examples/tls-rustls/Cargo.toml b/examples/tls-rustls/Cargo.toml
index 4c255c2763..9b976f160e 100644
--- a/examples/tls-rustls/Cargo.toml
+++ b/examples/tls-rustls/Cargo.toml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ publish = false
 
 [dependencies]
 axum = { path = "../../axum" }
-axum-server = { version = "0.6", features = ["tls-rustls"] }
+axum-server = { version = "0.7", features = ["tls-rustls"] }
 tokio = { version = "1", features = ["full"] }
 tracing = "0.1"
 tracing-subscriber = { version = "0.3", features = ["env-filter"] }
diff --git a/examples/todos/Cargo.toml b/examples/todos/Cargo.toml
index dbd8b7125a..e7f3fbde4f 100644
--- a/examples/todos/Cargo.toml
+++ b/examples/todos/Cargo.toml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ publish = false
 axum = { path = "../../axum" }
 serde = { version = "1.0", features = ["derive"] }
 tokio = { version = "1.0", features = ["full"] }
-tower = { version = "0.4", features = ["util", "timeout"] }
+tower = { version = "0.5", features = ["util", "timeout"] }
 tower-http = { version = "0.5.0", features = ["add-extension", "trace"] }
 tracing = "0.1"
 tracing-subscriber = { version = "0.3", features = ["env-filter"] }
diff --git a/examples/tokio-postgres/Cargo.toml b/examples/tokio-postgres/Cargo.toml
index 74806044ca..b7fcb8854c 100644
--- a/examples/tokio-postgres/Cargo.toml
+++ b/examples/tokio-postgres/Cargo.toml
@@ -6,8 +6,8 @@ publish = false
 
 [dependencies]
 axum = { path = "../../axum" }
-bb8 = "0.7.1"
-bb8-postgres = "0.7.0"
+bb8 = "0.8"
+bb8-postgres = "0.8.0"
 tokio = { version = "1.0", features = ["full"] }
 tokio-postgres = "0.7.2"
 tracing = "0.1"
diff --git a/examples/tokio-redis/Cargo.toml b/examples/tokio-redis/Cargo.toml
index fb276849e8..8699ca4449 100644
--- a/examples/tokio-redis/Cargo.toml
+++ b/examples/tokio-redis/Cargo.toml
@@ -6,9 +6,9 @@ publish = false
 
 [dependencies]
 axum = { path = "../../axum" }
-bb8 = "0.7.1"
-bb8-redis = "0.14.0"
-redis = "0.24.0"
+bb8 = "0.8"
+bb8-redis = "0.16"
+redis = "0.26"
 tokio = { version = "1.0", features = ["full"] }
 tracing = "0.1"
 tracing-subscriber = { version = "0.3", features = ["env-filter"] }
diff --git a/examples/unix-domain-socket/Cargo.toml b/examples/unix-domain-socket/Cargo.toml
index 7f157c7dcb..535a2ca93e 100644
--- a/examples/unix-domain-socket/Cargo.toml
+++ b/examples/unix-domain-socket/Cargo.toml
@@ -10,6 +10,6 @@ http-body-util = "0.1"
 hyper = { version = "1.0.0", features = ["full"] }
 hyper-util = { version = "0.1", features = ["tokio", "server-auto", "http1"] }
 tokio = { version = "1.0", features = ["full"] }
-tower = { version = "0.4", features = ["util"] }
+tower = { version = "0.5", features = ["util"] }
 tracing = "0.1"
 tracing-subscriber = { version = "0.3", features = ["env-filter"] }
diff --git a/examples/validator/Cargo.toml b/examples/validator/Cargo.toml
index a1adc075a8..e084c8fabc 100644
--- a/examples/validator/Cargo.toml
+++ b/examples/validator/Cargo.toml
@@ -13,4 +13,4 @@ thiserror = "1.0.29"
 tokio = { version = "1.0", features = ["full"] }
 tracing = "0.1"
 tracing-subscriber = { version = "0.3", features = ["env-filter"] }
-validator = { version = "0.14.0", features = ["derive"] }
+validator = { version = "0.18.0", features = ["derive"] }
diff --git a/examples/websockets/Cargo.toml b/examples/websockets/Cargo.toml
index 842a09a377..549248ce57 100644
--- a/examples/websockets/Cargo.toml
+++ b/examples/websockets/Cargo.toml
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ futures-util = { version = "0.3", default-features = false, features = ["sink",
 headers = "0.4"
 tokio = { version = "1.0", features = ["full"] }
 tokio-tungstenite = "0.23"
-tower = { version = "0.4", features = ["util"] }
+tower = { version = "0.5", features = ["util"] }
 tower-http = { version = "0.5.0", features = ["fs", "trace"] }
 tracing = "0.1"
 tracing-subscriber = { version = "0.3", features = ["env-filter"] }