diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 4c612525..daea251f 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -52,9 +52,9 @@ jobs:
         run: npm install
       - name: Install Playwright
         run: npx -y playwright install --with-deps
-        # This step has been observed to hang indefinitely when failing to
-        # download browsers, but it can also be quite slow.
-        timeout-minutes: 30
+        # This step has been observed to either complete in under a minute or to
+        # hang indefinitely when failing to install browsers/os updates
+        timeout-minutes: 10
       - name: Run tests
         run: npm run test
         # This step has been observed to hang indefinitely when the browsers
@@ -73,9 +73,9 @@ jobs:
         run: npm install
       - name: Install Playwright
         run: npx -y playwright install --with-deps
-        # This step has been observed to hang indefinitely when failing to
-        # download browsers, but it can also be quite slow.
-        timeout-minutes: 30
+        # This step has been observed to either complete in under a minute or to
+        # hang indefinitely when failing to install browsers/os updates
+        timeout-minutes: 10
       - name: Run linting
         run: npm run lint
       - name: Run tests
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index f9e889f4..d96c15c0 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -18,3 +18,4 @@ playwright-report
 output.car
 tsconfig-check.aegir.tsbuildinfo
 tsconfig-check.aegir.json
+tsconfig.build.tsbuildinfo
diff --git a/examples/helia-browser-verified-fetch/package.json b/examples/helia-browser-verified-fetch/package.json
index 67974247..8edd869e 100644
--- a/examples/helia-browser-verified-fetch/package.json
+++ b/examples/helia-browser-verified-fetch/package.json
@@ -25,9 +25,9 @@
     "@playwright/test": "^1.42.1",
     "@types/react": "^19.0.1",
     "@types/react-dom": "^19.0.1",
-    "@vitejs/plugin-react": "^4.2.1",
+    "@vitejs/plugin-react": "^6.0.1",
     "test-ipfs-example": "^1.3.3",
-    "typescript": "^5.4.3",
-    "vite": "^6.0.9"
+    "typescript": "^6.0.2",
+    "vite": "^8.0.8"
   }
 }
diff --git a/examples/helia-create-car/package.json b/examples/helia-create-car/package.json
index 3c0c2a8e..361ed7a9 100644
--- a/examples/helia-create-car/package.json
+++ b/examples/helia-create-car/package.json
@@ -26,8 +26,8 @@
     "@playwright/test": "^1.31.2",
     "@types/react": "^19.0.1",
     "@types/react-dom": "^19.0.1",
-    "@vitejs/plugin-react": "^4.0.0",
+    "@vitejs/plugin-react": "^6.0.1",
     "test-ipfs-example": "^1.3.3",
-    "vite": "^6.0.9"
+    "vite": "^8.0.8"
   }
 }
diff --git a/examples/helia-electron/package.json b/examples/helia-electron/package.json
index 8cd82577..07b3cfae 100644
--- a/examples/helia-electron/package.json
+++ b/examples/helia-electron/package.json
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
     "helia": "^6.1.2"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
-    "electron": "^35.0.3",
+    "electron": "^41.2.0",
     "electron-rebuild": "^3.1.1",
     "test-ipfs-example": "^1.3.3",
     "xvfb-maybe": "^0.2.1"
diff --git a/examples/helia-esbuild/package.json b/examples/helia-esbuild/package.json
index 39e62319..cac502c7 100644
--- a/examples/helia-esbuild/package.json
+++ b/examples/helia-esbuild/package.json
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
   "devDependencies": {
     "@babel/core": "^7.14.8",
     "@playwright/test": "^1.12.3",
-    "esbuild": "^0.25.1",
+    "esbuild": "^0.28.0",
     "playwright": "^1.12.3",
     "process": "^0.11.10",
     "rimraf": "^6.0.1",
diff --git a/examples/helia-jest-typescript/package.json b/examples/helia-jest-typescript/package.json
index 1d567a60..ba1cac73 100644
--- a/examples/helia-jest-typescript/package.json
+++ b/examples/helia-jest-typescript/package.json
@@ -11,9 +11,9 @@
     "helia": "^6.1.2"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
-    "@types/jest": "^29.5.2",
-    "jest": "^29.6.2",
+    "@types/jest": "^30.0.0",
+    "jest": "^30.3.0",
     "ts-jest": "^29.1.1",
-    "typescript": "^5.1.6"
+    "typescript": "^6.0.2"
   }
 }
diff --git a/examples/helia-jest-typescript/tsconfig.json b/examples/helia-jest-typescript/tsconfig.json
index 57c539f0..37b36a59 100644
--- a/examples/helia-jest-typescript/tsconfig.json
+++ b/examples/helia-jest-typescript/tsconfig.json
@@ -1,12 +1,16 @@
 {
   "compilerOptions": {
-    "module": "ES2022",
-    "target": "ES2021",
-    "moduleResolution": "node",
+    "module": "node20",
+    "target": "ES2022",
+
+    "moduleResolution": "node16",
+    "skipLibCheck": true,
+    "types": [
+      "jest"
+    ],
 
     // only necessary for the example linting check, your project may not need
     // these settings
-    "strictNullChecks": true,
-    "skipLibCheck": true
+    "strictNullChecks": true
   }
 }
diff --git a/examples/helia-jest/package.json b/examples/helia-jest/package.json
index a0920360..c841eefe 100644
--- a/examples/helia-jest/package.json
+++ b/examples/helia-jest/package.json
@@ -11,6 +11,6 @@
     "helia": "^6.1.2"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
-    "jest": "^29.6.2"
+    "jest": "^30.3.0"
   }
 }
diff --git a/examples/helia-nestjs/package.json b/examples/helia-nestjs/package.json
index 7abd5986..41284a1e 100644
--- a/examples/helia-nestjs/package.json
+++ b/examples/helia-nestjs/package.json
@@ -31,15 +31,15 @@
     "@nestjs/schematics": "^11.0.0",
     "@nestjs/testing": "^11.0.3",
     "@types/express": "^5.0.0",
-    "@types/jest": "^29.5.2",
-    "@types/node": "^22.7.4",
-    "@types/supertest": "^6.0.2",
-    "@typescript-eslint/eslint-plugin": "^7.18.0",
-    "@typescript-eslint/parser": "^7.18.0",
-    "eslint": "^8.42.0",
-    "eslint-config-prettier": "^9.0.0",
+    "@types/jest": "^30.0.0",
+    "@types/node": "^25.6.0",
+    "@types/supertest": "^7.2.0",
+    "@typescript-eslint/eslint-plugin": "^8.58.2",
+    "@typescript-eslint/parser": "^8.58.2",
+    "eslint": "^10.2.0",
+    "eslint-config-prettier": "^10.1.8",
     "eslint-plugin-prettier": "^5.0.0",
-    "jest": "^29.5.0",
+    "jest": "^30.3.0",
     "prettier": "^3.0.0",
     "source-map-support": "^0.5.21",
     "supertest": "^7.0.0",
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@
     "ts-loader": "^9.4.3",
     "ts-node": "^10.9.1",
     "tsconfig-paths": "^4.2.0",
-    "typescript": "^5.1.3"
+    "typescript": "^6.0.2"
   },
   "jest": {
     "moduleFileExtensions": [
diff --git a/examples/helia-nestjs/tsconfig.json b/examples/helia-nestjs/tsconfig.json
index 34348292..ea24cf2b 100644
--- a/examples/helia-nestjs/tsconfig.json
+++ b/examples/helia-nestjs/tsconfig.json
@@ -1,15 +1,15 @@
 {
   "compilerOptions": {
-    "module": "ES2020",
+    "module": "node20",
     "declaration": true,
     "removeComments": true,
     "emitDecoratorMetadata": true,
     "experimentalDecorators": true,
     "allowSyntheticDefaultImports": true,
-    "target": "ES2020",
+    "target": "ES2022",
     "sourceMap": true,
+    "rootDir": ".",
     "outDir": "./dist",
-    "baseUrl": "./",
     "incremental": true,
     "skipLibCheck": true,
     "strictNullChecks": true,
@@ -17,6 +17,9 @@
     "strictBindCallApply": false,
     "forceConsistentCasingInFileNames": false,
     "noFallthroughCasesInSwitch": false,
-    "moduleResolution": "Node"
+    "moduleResolution": "node16",
+    "types": [
+      "jest"
+    ]
   }
 }
diff --git a/examples/helia-nextjs/next.config.js b/examples/helia-nextjs/next.config.js
index 9b5eb904..30d7f18b 100644
--- a/examples/helia-nextjs/next.config.js
+++ b/examples/helia-nextjs/next.config.js
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-import { NodeProtocolUrlPlugin } from 'node-stdlib-browser/helpers/webpack/plugin'
-
 export default {
   reactStrictMode: true,
   images: {
@@ -7,14 +5,5 @@ export default {
     path: 'http://localhost:3000'
   },
   output: 'export',
-  distDir: 'dist',
-  webpack: (config) => {
-    // support loading modules with "node:" prefix
-    // see https://github.com/webpack/webpack/issues/14166
-    // see https://github.com/Richienb/node-polyfill-webpack-plugin/issues/19
-    config.plugins.push(new NodeProtocolUrlPlugin())
-
-    // Important: return the modified config
-    return config
-  }
+  distDir: 'dist'
 }
diff --git a/examples/helia-nextjs/package.json b/examples/helia-nextjs/package.json
index ce5c166c..09b59476 100644
--- a/examples/helia-nextjs/package.json
+++ b/examples/helia-nextjs/package.json
@@ -15,16 +15,15 @@
   },
   "dependencies": {
     "helia": "^6.1.2",
-    "next": "^15.1.5",
+    "next": "^16.2.3",
     "react": "^19.0.0",
     "react-dom": "^19.0.0"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
     "@playwright/test": "^1.32.1",
-    "eslint": "^8.36.0",
-    "eslint-config-next": "^15.1.5",
+    "eslint": "^10.2.0",
+    "eslint-config-next": "^16.2.3",
     "interface-datastore": "^9.0.3",
-    "node-stdlib-browser": "^1.3.1",
     "playwright": "^1.32.1",
     "rimraf": "^6.0.1",
     "test-ipfs-example": "^1.3.3"
diff --git a/examples/helia-remote-pinning/package.json b/examples/helia-remote-pinning/package.json
index 89ad7067..b6187b4e 100644
--- a/examples/helia-remote-pinning/package.json
+++ b/examples/helia-remote-pinning/package.json
@@ -33,9 +33,9 @@
   },
   "devDependencies": {
     "@playwright/test": "^1.37.1",
-    "@vitejs/plugin-react": "^4.0.4",
+    "@vitejs/plugin-react": "^6.0.1",
     "rimraf": "^6.0.1",
     "test-ipfs-example": "^1.3.3",
-    "vite": "^6.0.9"
+    "vite": "^8.0.8"
   }
 }
diff --git a/examples/helia-script-tag/package.json b/examples/helia-script-tag/package.json
index 1d379adc..66297d3d 100644
--- a/examples/helia-script-tag/package.json
+++ b/examples/helia-script-tag/package.json
@@ -21,6 +21,6 @@
     "process": "^0.11.10",
     "rimraf": "^6.0.1",
     "test-ipfs-example": "^1.3.3",
-    "vite": "^6.0.9"
+    "vite": "^8.0.8"
   }
 }
diff --git a/examples/helia-ts-node/package.json b/examples/helia-ts-node/package.json
index a3769f8d..2caa3eda 100644
--- a/examples/helia-ts-node/package.json
+++ b/examples/helia-ts-node/package.json
@@ -12,9 +12,8 @@
     "helia": "^6.1.2"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
-    "cross-env": "^7.0.3",
     "test-ipfs-example": "^1.2.0",
     "ts-node": "^10.9.2",
-    "typescript": "^5.3.3"
+    "typescript": "^6.0.2"
   }
 }
diff --git a/examples/helia-ts-node/tsconfig.json b/examples/helia-ts-node/tsconfig.json
index 9fd026ae..83c5ab3f 100644
--- a/examples/helia-ts-node/tsconfig.json
+++ b/examples/helia-ts-node/tsconfig.json
@@ -2,9 +2,9 @@
   "compilerOptions": {
     // only necessary for the example linting check, your project may not need
     // these settings
-    "module": "ES2022",
+    "module": "node20",
     "target": "ES2021",
-    "moduleResolution": "node",
+    "moduleResolution": "node16",
     "strictNullChecks": true,
     "skipLibCheck": true
   }
diff --git a/examples/helia-typescript/package.json b/examples/helia-typescript/package.json
index deff6bae..b7086f9a 100644
--- a/examples/helia-typescript/package.json
+++ b/examples/helia-typescript/package.json
@@ -16,6 +16,6 @@
   },
   "devDependencies": {
     "test-ipfs-example": "^1.3.3",
-    "typescript": "^5.1.6"
+    "typescript": "^6.0.2"
   }
 }
diff --git a/examples/helia-typescript/tsconfig.json b/examples/helia-typescript/tsconfig.json
index 21845277..a24a8343 100644
--- a/examples/helia-typescript/tsconfig.json
+++ b/examples/helia-typescript/tsconfig.json
@@ -1,10 +1,11 @@
 {
   "compilerOptions": {
-    "module": "ES2015",
-    "target": "ES2015",
+    "module": "node20",
+    "target": "ES2022",
 
-    "moduleResolution": "node",
+    "moduleResolution": "node16",
     "skipLibCheck": true,
+    "rootDir": "./src",
     "outDir": "./dist",
 
     // only necessary for the example linting check, your project may not need
diff --git a/examples/helia-vite/package.json b/examples/helia-vite/package.json
index 326e2923..845ac6e3 100644
--- a/examples/helia-vite/package.json
+++ b/examples/helia-vite/package.json
@@ -24,8 +24,8 @@
     "@playwright/test": "^1.31.2",
     "@types/react": "^19.0.1",
     "@types/react-dom": "^19.0.1",
-    "@vitejs/plugin-react": "^4.0.0",
+    "@vitejs/plugin-react": "^6.0.1",
     "test-ipfs-example": "^1.3.3",
-    "vite": "^6.0.9"
+    "vite": "^8.0.8"
   }
 }
diff --git a/examples/helia-vue/package.json b/examples/helia-vue/package.json
index 4e003bf5..2e12f5ee 100644
--- a/examples/helia-vue/package.json
+++ b/examples/helia-vue/package.json
@@ -19,9 +19,9 @@
     "vue": "^3.2.47"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
-    "@vitejs/plugin-vue": "^5.0.3",
+    "@vitejs/plugin-vue": "^6.0.6",
     "rimraf": "^6.0.1",
     "test-ipfs-example": "^1.3.3",
-    "vite": "^6.0.9"
+    "vite": "^8.0.8"
   }
 }
diff --git a/examples/helia-webpack/package.json b/examples/helia-webpack/package.json
index 1ad663f6..4c4c69fc 100644
--- a/examples/helia-webpack/package.json
+++ b/examples/helia-webpack/package.json
@@ -27,8 +27,8 @@
     "@babel/preset-env": "^7.13.12",
     "@babel/preset-react": "^7.12.13",
     "@playwright/test": "^1.12.3",
-    "babel-loader": "^9.1.2",
-    "copy-webpack-plugin": "^12.0.2",
+    "babel-loader": "^10.1.1",
+    "copy-webpack-plugin": "^14.0.0",
     "css-loader": "^7.1.2",
     "html-webpack-plugin": "^5.3.2",
     "node-polyfill-webpack-plugin": "^4.0.0",
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@
     "style-loader": "^4.0.0",
     "test-ipfs-example": "^1.3.3",
     "webpack": "^5.45.1",
-    "webpack-cli": "^6.0.1",
+    "webpack-cli": "^7.0.2",
     "webpack-dev-server": "^5.0.3",
     "webpack-merge": "^6.0.1"
   }