diff --git a/examples/basics/Cargo.toml b/examples/basics/Cargo.toml
index 76bfa52be..294075d4c 100644
--- a/examples/basics/Cargo.toml
+++ b/examples/basics/Cargo.toml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ authors = ["Nikolay Kim <fafhrd91@gmail.com>"]
 workspace = "../.."
 
 [dependencies]
-futures = "*"
+futures = "0.1"
 env_logger = "0.5"
 actix = "0.5"
 actix-web = { path="../.." }
diff --git a/examples/state/Cargo.toml b/examples/state/Cargo.toml
index bd3ba2439..a0ac2d281 100644
--- a/examples/state/Cargo.toml
+++ b/examples/state/Cargo.toml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ authors = ["Nikolay Kim <fafhrd91@gmail.com>"]
 workspace = "../.."
 
 [dependencies]
-futures = "*"
+futures = "0.1"
 env_logger = "0.5"
 actix = "0.5"
 actix-web = { path = "../../" }