diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index eed25400c..1a32f4a0f 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ opentelemetry_0_16 = ["opentelemetry_0_16_pkg", "tracing-opentelemetry_0_16_pkg"
 emit_event_on_error = []
 
 [dependencies]
-actix-web = { version = "=4.0.0-beta.15", default-features = false }
+actix-web = { version = "=4.0.0-beta.16", default-features = false }
 pin-project = "1.0.0"
 tracing = "0.1.19"
 tracing-futures = "0.2.4"
diff --git a/examples/custom-root-span/Cargo.toml b/examples/custom-root-span/Cargo.toml
index 48fa183da..673c71615 100644
--- a/examples/custom-root-span/Cargo.toml
+++ b/examples/custom-root-span/Cargo.toml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ edition = "2018"
 # See more keys and their definitions at https://doc.rust-lang.org/cargo/reference/manifest.html
 
 [dependencies]
-actix-web = "=4.0.0-beta.15"
+actix-web = "=4.0.0-beta.16"
 opentelemetry = { version = "0.16", features = ["rt-tokio-current-thread"] }
 opentelemetry-jaeger = { version = "0.15", features = ["rt-tokio-current-thread"] }
 tracing-opentelemetry = { version = "0.16" }
diff --git a/examples/opentelemetry/Cargo.toml b/examples/opentelemetry/Cargo.toml
index 52c4091d3..bd321e77c 100644
--- a/examples/opentelemetry/Cargo.toml
+++ b/examples/opentelemetry/Cargo.toml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ edition = "2018"
 license = "MIT/Apache-2.0"
 
 [dependencies]
-actix-web = "=4.0.0-beta.15"
+actix-web = "=4.0.0-beta.16"
 tracing = "0.1.19"
 opentelemetry = { version = "0.16", features = ["rt-tokio-current-thread"] }
 opentelemetry-jaeger = { version = "0.15", features = ["rt-tokio-current-thread"] }