diff --git a/examples/basics/Cargo.toml b/examples/basics/Cargo.toml
index fd1f1ce4f..1df0f87d9 100644
--- a/examples/basics/Cargo.toml
+++ b/examples/basics/Cargo.toml
@@ -7,5 +7,5 @@ workspace = "../.."
 [dependencies]
 futures = "*"
 env_logger = "0.5"
-actix = "0.4"
+actix = { git = "https://github.com/actix/actix.git" }
 actix-web = { path="../.." }
diff --git a/examples/diesel/Cargo.toml b/examples/diesel/Cargo.toml
index f9dcf1c78..8d9cf9e09 100644
--- a/examples/diesel/Cargo.toml
+++ b/examples/diesel/Cargo.toml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ workspace = "../.."
 
 [dependencies]
 env_logger = "0.5"
-actix = "0.4"
+actix = { git = "https://github.com/actix/actix.git/" }
 actix-web = { path = "../../" }
 
 futures = "0.1"
diff --git a/examples/hello-world/Cargo.toml b/examples/hello-world/Cargo.toml
index 20a93788a..1526542ff 100644
--- a/examples/hello-world/Cargo.toml
+++ b/examples/hello-world/Cargo.toml
@@ -6,5 +6,5 @@ workspace = "../.."
 
 [dependencies]
 env_logger = "0.5"
-actix = "0.4"
+actix = { git = "https://github.com/actix/actix.git" }
 actix-web = { path = "../../" }
diff --git a/examples/json/Cargo.toml b/examples/json/Cargo.toml
index 3d2680b07..d1a4f9a35 100644
--- a/examples/json/Cargo.toml
+++ b/examples/json/Cargo.toml
@@ -14,5 +14,5 @@ serde_json = "1.0"
 serde_derive = "1.0"
 json = "*"
 
-actix = "0.4"
+actix = { git = "https://github.com/actix/actix.git" }
 actix-web = { path="../../" }
diff --git a/examples/multipart/Cargo.toml b/examples/multipart/Cargo.toml
index c8f1c4159..5fd17e4bc 100644
--- a/examples/multipart/Cargo.toml
+++ b/examples/multipart/Cargo.toml
@@ -11,5 +11,5 @@ path = "src/main.rs"
 [dependencies]
 env_logger = "*"
 futures = "0.1"
-actix = "0.4"
+actix = { git = "https://github.com/actix/actix.git" }
 actix-web = { path="../../" }
diff --git a/examples/tls/Cargo.toml b/examples/tls/Cargo.toml
index baba01f95..71f8fae95 100644
--- a/examples/tls/Cargo.toml
+++ b/examples/tls/Cargo.toml
@@ -10,6 +10,6 @@ path = "src/main.rs"
 
 [dependencies]
 env_logger = "0.5"
-actix = "^0.4.2"
+actix = { git = "https://github.com/actix/actix.git" }
 actix-web = { path = "../../", features=["alpn"] }
 openssl = { version="0.10" }
diff --git a/examples/web-cors/backend/Cargo.toml b/examples/web-cors/backend/Cargo.toml
index 4cdd94b47..31c3468cf 100644
--- a/examples/web-cors/backend/Cargo.toml
+++ b/examples/web-cors/backend/Cargo.toml
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ serde_derive = "1.0"
 serde_json = "1.0"
 http = "0.1"
 
-actix = "0.4.5"
+actix = { git = "https://github.com/actix/actix.git" }
 actix-web = { path = "../../../" }
 dotenv = "0.10"
 env_logger = "0.5"