diff --git a/actix_redis/Cargo.toml b/actix_redis/Cargo.toml
index 7229262..bbc6f43 100644
--- a/actix_redis/Cargo.toml
+++ b/actix_redis/Cargo.toml
@@ -6,8 +6,8 @@ edition = "2018"
 workspace = ".."
 
 [dependencies]
-actix = "0.8.0-alpha.2"
-actix-web = "1.0.0-alpha.4"
+actix = "0.8.1"
+actix-web = "1.0.0-beta.3"
 actix-redis = { git="https://github.com/actix/actix-redis.git" }
 futures = "0.1.23"
 redis-async = "0.4.0"
diff --git a/actix_todo/Cargo.toml b/actix_todo/Cargo.toml
index 6e3acb9..3fae688 100644
--- a/actix_todo/Cargo.toml
+++ b/actix_todo/Cargo.toml
@@ -6,9 +6,9 @@ workspace = ".."
 edition = "2018"
 
 [dependencies]
-actix-web = "1.0.0-alpha.4"
-actix-files = "0.1.0-alpha.4"
-actix-session = "0.1.0-alpha.4"
+actix-web = "1.0.0-beta.3"
+actix-files = "0.1.0-beta.1"
+actix-session = "0.1.0-beta.2"
 dotenv = "0.13.0"
 env_logger = "0.5.10"
 futures = "0.1.22"
diff --git a/async_db/Cargo.toml b/async_db/Cargo.toml
index 8063ead..3c73fc4 100644
--- a/async_db/Cargo.toml
+++ b/async_db/Cargo.toml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ workspace = ".."
 
 [dependencies]
 actix-rt = "0.2"
-actix-web = "1.0.0-alpha.4"
+actix-web = "1.0.0-beta.3"
 
 dotenv = "0.10"
 env_logger = "0.5"
diff --git a/basics/Cargo.toml b/basics/Cargo.toml
index e16db24..2a27e7c 100644
--- a/basics/Cargo.toml
+++ b/basics/Cargo.toml
@@ -7,9 +7,9 @@ edition = "2018"
 
 [dependencies]
 actix-rt = "0.2"
-actix-web = "1.0.0-alpha.4"
-actix-files = "0.1.0-alpha.4"
-actix-session = "0.1.0-alpha.4"
+actix-web = "1.0.0-beta.3"
+actix-files = "0.1.0-beta.1"
+actix-session = "0.1.0-beta.2"
 
 futures = "0.1.25"
 env_logger = "0.5"
diff --git a/cookie-auth/Cargo.toml b/cookie-auth/Cargo.toml
index 66d02b6..34897fd 100644
--- a/cookie-auth/Cargo.toml
+++ b/cookie-auth/Cargo.toml
@@ -6,5 +6,5 @@ edition = "2018"
 workspace = ".."
 
 [dependencies]
-actix-web = "1.0.0-alpha.4"
+actix-web = "1.0.0-beta.3"
 env_logger = "0.6"
diff --git a/cookie-session/Cargo.toml b/cookie-session/Cargo.toml
index 2a76fa6..ed47386 100644
--- a/cookie-session/Cargo.toml
+++ b/cookie-session/Cargo.toml
@@ -6,8 +6,8 @@ workspace = ".."
 edition = "2018"
 
 [dependencies]
-actix-web = "1.0.0-alpha.4"
-actix-session = "0.1.0-alpha.4"
+actix-web = "1.0.0-beta.3"
+actix-session = "0.1.0-beta.2"
 
 futures = "0.1"
 time = "0.1"
diff --git a/diesel/Cargo.toml b/diesel/Cargo.toml
index 5c534ce..4723760 100644
--- a/diesel/Cargo.toml
+++ b/diesel/Cargo.toml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ workspace = ".."
 edition = "2018"
 
 [dependencies]
-actix-web = "1.0.0-alpha.4"
+actix-web = "1.0.0-beta.3"
 
 bytes = "0.4"
 env_logger = "0.6"
diff --git a/diesel/src/main.rs b/diesel/src/main.rs
index fdf3cbc..80dbc8b 100644
--- a/diesel/src/main.rs
+++ b/diesel/src/main.rs
@@ -137,22 +137,20 @@ fn main() -> std::io::Result<()> {
             // Use of the extractors makes some post conditions simpler such
             // as size limit protections and built in json validation.
             .service(
-                web::resource("/add2").route(
-                    web::post()
-                        .data(
-                            web::JsonConfig::default()
-                                .limit(4096) // <- limit size of the payload
-                                .error_handler(|err, _| {
-                                    // <- create custom error response
-                                    error::InternalError::from_response(
-                                        err,
-                                        HttpResponse::Conflict().finish(),
-                                    )
-                                    .into()
-                                }),
-                        )
-                        .to_async(add2),
-                ),
+                web::resource("/add2")
+                    .data(
+                        web::JsonConfig::default()
+                            .limit(4096) // <- limit size of the payload
+                            .error_handler(|err, _| {
+                                // <- create custom error response
+                                error::InternalError::from_response(
+                                    err,
+                                    HttpResponse::Conflict().finish(),
+                                )
+                                .into()
+                            }),
+                    )
+                    .route(web::post().to_async(add2)),
             )
             //  Manual parsing would allow custom error construction, use of
             //  other parsers *beside* json (for example CBOR, protobuf, xml), and allows
diff --git a/error_handling/Cargo.toml b/error_handling/Cargo.toml
index 9e0b003..ef3c168 100644
--- a/error_handling/Cargo.toml
+++ b/error_handling/Cargo.toml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ edition = "2018"
 workspace = ".."
 
 [dependencies]
-actix-web = "1.0.0-alpha.4"
+actix-web = "1.0.0-beta.3"
 
 derive_more = "0.14.0"
 futures = "0.1.23"
diff --git a/form/Cargo.toml b/form/Cargo.toml
index 1f98368..c2fdcbf 100644
--- a/form/Cargo.toml
+++ b/form/Cargo.toml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ edition = "2018"
 workspace = ".."
 
 [dependencies]
-actix-web = "1.0.0-alpha.4"
+actix-web = "1.0.0-beta.3"
 
 serde = "1.0"
 serde_derive = "1.0"
diff --git a/hello-world/Cargo.toml b/hello-world/Cargo.toml
index 733faa5..8176a1f 100644
--- a/hello-world/Cargo.toml
+++ b/hello-world/Cargo.toml
@@ -6,5 +6,5 @@ workspace = ".."
 edition = "2018"
 
 [dependencies]
-actix-web = "1.0.0-alpha.4"
+actix-web = "1.0.0-beta.3"
 env_logger = "0.6"
diff --git a/http-full-proxy/Cargo.toml b/http-full-proxy/Cargo.toml
index 5e7f4f7..21383f3 100644
--- a/http-full-proxy/Cargo.toml
+++ b/http-full-proxy/Cargo.toml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ edition = "2018"
 
 [dependencies]
 actix-rt = "0.2"
-actix-web = "1.0.0-alpha.5"
+actix-web = "1.0.0-beta.3"
 
 clap = "2.32.0"
 futures = "0.1.25"
diff --git a/http-proxy/Cargo.toml b/http-proxy/Cargo.toml
index 9afc29e..5cb4a0e 100644
--- a/http-proxy/Cargo.toml
+++ b/http-proxy/Cargo.toml
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ path = "src/server.rs"
 
 [dependencies]
 actix-rt = "0.2"
-actix-web = "1.0.0-alpha.4"
+actix-web = "1.0.0-beta.3"
 
 env_logger = "0.5"
 futures = "0.1"
diff --git a/json/Cargo.toml b/json/Cargo.toml
index eab6ddb..207cc60 100644
--- a/json/Cargo.toml
+++ b/json/Cargo.toml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ workspace = ".."
 edition = "2018"
 
 [dependencies]
-actix-web = "1.0.0-alpha.4"
+actix-web = "1.0.0-beta.3"
 
 bytes = "0.4"
 futures = "0.1"
diff --git a/json/src/main.rs b/json/src/main.rs
index 9b0d9a5..86f2a24 100644
--- a/json/src/main.rs
+++ b/json/src/main.rs
@@ -83,19 +83,12 @@ fn main() -> std::io::Result<()> {
         App::new()
             // enable logger
             .wrap(middleware::Logger::default())
+            .data(web::JsonConfig::default().limit(4096)) // <- limit size of the payload (global configuration)
+            .service(web::resource("/extractor").route(web::post().to(index)))
             .service(
-                web::resource("/extractor").route(
-                    web::post()
-                        .data(web::JsonConfig::default().limit(4096)) // <- limit size of the payload
-                        .to(index),
-                ),
-            )
-            .service(
-                web::resource("/extractor2").route(
-                    web::post()
-                        .data(web::JsonConfig::default().limit(4096)) // <- limit size of the payload
-                        .to_async(extract_item),
-                ),
+                web::resource("/extractor2")
+                    .data(web::JsonConfig::default().limit(1024)) // <- limit size of the payload (resource level)
+                    .route(web::post().to_async(extract_item)),
             )
             .service(web::resource("/manual").route(web::post().to_async(index_manual)))
             .service(
diff --git a/jsonrpc/Cargo.toml b/jsonrpc/Cargo.toml
index 6541061..720f44a 100644
--- a/jsonrpc/Cargo.toml
+++ b/jsonrpc/Cargo.toml
@@ -6,8 +6,8 @@ edition = "2018"
 workspace = ".."
 
 [dependencies]
-actix = "0.8.0-alpha.2"
-actix-web = "1.0.0-alpha.4"
+actix = "0.8.1"
+actix-web = "1.0.0-beta.3"
 env_logger = "0.6"
 futures = "0.1.23"
 futures-timer = "0.1"
diff --git a/juniper/Cargo.toml b/juniper/Cargo.toml
index 71f410c..54c8258 100644
--- a/juniper/Cargo.toml
+++ b/juniper/Cargo.toml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ workspace = ".."
 edition = "2018"
 
 [dependencies]
-actix-web = "1.0.0-alpha.4"
+actix-web = "1.0.0-beta.3"
 env_logger = "0.6"
 futures = "0.1"
 serde = "1.0"
diff --git a/middleware/Cargo.toml b/middleware/Cargo.toml
index e6d9cc3..b17594f 100644
--- a/middleware/Cargo.toml
+++ b/middleware/Cargo.toml
@@ -7,6 +7,6 @@ workspace = ".."
 
 [dependencies]
 actix-service = "0.3.6"
-actix-web = "1.0.0-alpha.4"
+actix-web = "1.0.0-beta.3"
 futures = "0.1.25"
 env_logger = "0.6"
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diff --git a/multipart/Cargo.toml b/multipart/Cargo.toml
index 256683d..5fc3e2a 100644
--- a/multipart/Cargo.toml
+++ b/multipart/Cargo.toml
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ name = "multipart"
 path = "src/main.rs"
 
 [dependencies]
-actix-web = "1.0.0-beta.1"
+actix-web = "1.0.0-beta.3"
 actix-multipart = "0.1.0-beta.1"
 
 env_logger = "0.6"
diff --git a/multipart/src/main.rs b/multipart/src/main.rs
index da7b929..791b794 100644
--- a/multipart/src/main.rs
+++ b/multipart/src/main.rs
@@ -23,11 +23,10 @@ pub fn save_file(field: Field) -> impl Future<Item = i64, Error = Error> {
                 // fs operations are blocking, we have to execute writes
                 // on threadpool
                 web::block(move || {
-                    file.write_all(bytes.as_ref())
-                        .map_err(|e| {
-                            println!("file.write_all failed: {:?}", e);
-                            MultipartError::Payload(error::PayloadError::Io(e))
-                        })?;
+                    file.write_all(bytes.as_ref()).map_err(|e| {
+                        println!("file.write_all failed: {:?}", e);
+                        MultipartError::Payload(error::PayloadError::Io(e))
+                    })?;
                     acc += bytes.len() as i64;
                     Ok((file, acc))
                 })
diff --git a/protobuf/Cargo.toml b/protobuf/Cargo.toml
index a20640b..c80df97 100644
--- a/protobuf/Cargo.toml
+++ b/protobuf/Cargo.toml
@@ -13,4 +13,4 @@ derive_more = "0.14"
 prost = "0.2.0"
 prost-derive = "0.2.0"
 
-actix-web = "1.0.0-alpha.4"
+actix-web = "1.0.0-beta.3"
diff --git a/r2d2/Cargo.toml b/r2d2/Cargo.toml
index 86e70e3..f869e4e 100644
--- a/r2d2/Cargo.toml
+++ b/r2d2/Cargo.toml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ workspace = ".."
 
 [dependencies]
 actix-rt = "0.2"
-actix-web = "1.0.0-alpha.4"
+actix-web = "1.0.0-beta.3"
 
 futures = "0.1"
 env_logger = "0.6"
diff --git a/redis-session/Cargo.toml b/redis-session/Cargo.toml
index fc347f8..19ac65a 100644
--- a/redis-session/Cargo.toml
+++ b/redis-session/Cargo.toml
@@ -6,8 +6,8 @@ workspace = ".."
 edition = "2018"
 
 [dependencies]
-actix = "0.8.0-alpha.2"
-actix-web = "1.0.0-alpha.4"
-actix-session = "0.1.0-alpha.4"
+actix = "0.8.1"
+actix-web = "1.0.0-beta.3"
+actix-session = "0.1.0-beta.2"
 actix-redis = { git = "https://github.com/actix/actix-redis.git", features = ["web"] }
 env_logger = "0.6"
diff --git a/simple-auth-server/Cargo.toml b/simple-auth-server/Cargo.toml
index 54d2a5e..ec815e9 100644
--- a/simple-auth-server/Cargo.toml
+++ b/simple-auth-server/Cargo.toml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ workspace = ".."
 [dependencies]
 actix = { version = "0.8.1", features = ["http"] }
 actix-rt = "0.2.2"
-actix-web = "1.0.0-beta.1"
+actix-web = "1.0.0-beta.3"
 actix-files = "0.1.0-beta.1"
 
 bcrypt = "0.2.1"
diff --git a/state/Cargo.toml b/state/Cargo.toml
index 894d49d..b0be556 100644
--- a/state/Cargo.toml
+++ b/state/Cargo.toml
@@ -6,6 +6,6 @@ workspace = ".."
 edition = "2018"
 
 [dependencies]
-actix-web = "1.0.0-alpha.4"
+actix-web = "1.0.0-beta.3"
 futures = "0.1.25"
 env_logger = "0.6"
diff --git a/static_index/Cargo.toml b/static_index/Cargo.toml
index 196e112..a515340 100644
--- a/static_index/Cargo.toml
+++ b/static_index/Cargo.toml
@@ -9,5 +9,5 @@ edition = "2018"
 futures = "0.1"
 env_logger = "0.5"
 
-actix-web = "1.0.0-alpha.4"
-actix-files = "0.1.0-alpha.4"
+actix-web = "1.0.0-beta.3"
+actix-files = "0.1.0-beta.1"
diff --git a/template_askama/Cargo.toml b/template_askama/Cargo.toml
index 09fc9e8..8cecb14 100644
--- a/template_askama/Cargo.toml
+++ b/template_askama/Cargo.toml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ workspace = ".."
 edition = "2018"
 
 [dependencies]
-actix-web = "1.0.0-alpha.4"
+actix-web = "1.0.0-beta.3"
 env_logger = "0.6"
 askama = "0.8"
 
diff --git a/template_tera/Cargo.toml b/template_tera/Cargo.toml
index 700f4f8..5c00ba1 100644
--- a/template_tera/Cargo.toml
+++ b/template_tera/Cargo.toml
@@ -8,4 +8,4 @@ edition = "2018"
 [dependencies]
 env_logger = "0.6"
 tera = "0.11"
-actix-web = "1.0.0-alpha.4"
+actix-web = "1.0.0-beta.3"
diff --git a/template_yarte/Cargo.toml b/template_yarte/Cargo.toml
index 24eba8e..81d5e9c 100644
--- a/template_yarte/Cargo.toml
+++ b/template_yarte/Cargo.toml
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ env_logger = "0.6"
 
 yarte = { version = "0.2", features=["with-actix-web"]  }
 
-actix-web = "1.0.0-alpha.4"
+actix-web = "1.0.0-beta.3"
 
 [build-dependencies]
 yarte = { version = "0.2", features=["with-actix-web"]  }
diff --git a/web-cors/backend/Cargo.toml b/web-cors/backend/Cargo.toml
index 1930906..39e779e 100644
--- a/web-cors/backend/Cargo.toml
+++ b/web-cors/backend/Cargo.toml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ workspace = "../../"
 edition = "2018"
 
 [dependencies]
-actix-web = "1.0.0-alpha.4"
+actix-web = "1.0.0-beta.3"
 serde = "1.0"
 serde_derive = "1.0"
 serde_json = "1.0"
diff --git a/websocket-chat/Cargo.toml b/websocket-chat/Cargo.toml
index e59f220..fe62f8b 100644
--- a/websocket-chat/Cargo.toml
+++ b/websocket-chat/Cargo.toml
@@ -10,10 +10,10 @@ name = "websocket-chat-server"
 path = "src/main.rs"
 
 [dependencies]
-actix = "0.8.0-alpha.2"
-actix-web = "1.0.0-alpha.4"
-actix-web-actors = "1.0.0-alpha.2"
-actix-files = "0.1.0-alpha.4"
+actix = "0.8.1"
+actix-web = "1.0.0-beta.3"
+actix-web-actors = "1.0.0-alpha.3"
+actix-files = "0.1.0-beta.1"
 
 rand = "0.6"
 bytes = "0.4"
diff --git a/websocket-tcp-chat/Cargo.toml b/websocket-tcp-chat/Cargo.toml
index b812bfa..330357f 100644
--- a/websocket-tcp-chat/Cargo.toml
+++ b/websocket-tcp-chat/Cargo.toml
@@ -14,10 +14,10 @@ name = "websocket-tcp-client"
 path = "src/client.rs"
 
 [dependencies]
-actix = "0.8.0-alpha.2"
-actix-web = "1.0.0-alpha.4"
+actix = "0.8.1"
+actix-web = "1.0.0-beta.3"
 actix-web-actors = "1.0.0-alpha.3"
-actix-files = "0.1.0-alpha.4"
+actix-files = "0.1.0-beta.1"
 
 rand = "0.6"
 bytes = "0.4"
diff --git a/websocket/Cargo.toml b/websocket/Cargo.toml
index 1c67978..f4767c8 100644
--- a/websocket/Cargo.toml
+++ b/websocket/Cargo.toml
@@ -14,10 +14,10 @@ path = "src/main.rs"
 #path = "src/client.rs"
 
 [dependencies]
-actix = "0.8.0-alpha.2"
-actix-web = "1.0.0-alpha.4"
+actix = "0.8.1"
+actix-web = "1.0.0-beta.3"
 actix-web-actors = "1.0.0-alpha.3"
-actix-files = "0.1.0-alpha.4"
+actix-files = "0.1.0-beta.1"
 env_logger = "0.6"
 futures = "0.1"
 bytes = "0.4"
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