diff --git a/examples/Cargo.toml b/examples/Cargo.toml
index 7e6808fe..2672f20a 100644
--- a/examples/Cargo.toml
+++ b/examples/Cargo.toml
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ rand = { version = "0.9.2", default-features = false }
 wasm-bindgen = "0.2.108"
 wasm-bindgen-futures = "0.4.54"
 web-sys = "0.3.81"
+critical-section = { version = "1.2", features = ["std"] }
 
 [patch.crates-io]
 # remove this after ratatui gets updated upstream
diff --git a/examples/animations/Cargo.toml b/examples/animations/Cargo.toml
index c6b544b0..1e396b9c 100644
--- a/examples/animations/Cargo.toml
+++ b/examples/animations/Cargo.toml
@@ -9,3 +9,4 @@ ratzilla.workspace = true
 tachyonfx.workspace = true
 console_error_panic_hook.workspace = true
 examples-shared.workspace = true
+critical-section.workspace = true
diff --git a/examples/canvas_waves/Cargo.toml b/examples/canvas_waves/Cargo.toml
index 60bbc58f..abb686da 100644
--- a/examples/canvas_waves/Cargo.toml
+++ b/examples/canvas_waves/Cargo.toml
@@ -10,3 +10,4 @@ console_error_panic_hook.workspace = true
 tachyonfx.workspace = true
 web-time.workspace = true
 examples-shared.workspace = true
+critical-section.workspace = true
diff --git a/examples/demo/Cargo.toml b/examples/demo/Cargo.toml
index 754e53ce..f1ec3076 100644
--- a/examples/demo/Cargo.toml
+++ b/examples/demo/Cargo.toml
@@ -10,4 +10,5 @@ ratzilla.workspace = true
 tachyonfx.workspace = true
 web-time.workspace = true
 examples-shared.workspace = true
+critical-section.workspace = true
 # tui-big-text = "0.6.1"
diff --git a/examples/demo2/Cargo.toml b/examples/demo2/Cargo.toml
index 1558dc23..19c78881 100644
--- a/examples/demo2/Cargo.toml
+++ b/examples/demo2/Cargo.toml
@@ -15,3 +15,4 @@ strum = { version = "0.27.2", features = ["derive"] }
 time = "0.3.44"
 unicode-width = "0.2.0"
 examples-shared.workspace = true
+critical-section.workspace = true
diff --git a/examples/pong/Cargo.toml b/examples/pong/Cargo.toml
index f30f7c5d..303dfa62 100644
--- a/examples/pong/Cargo.toml
+++ b/examples/pong/Cargo.toml
@@ -8,3 +8,4 @@ publish = false
 ratzilla.workspace = true
 console_error_panic_hook.workspace = true
 examples-shared.workspace = true
+critical-section.workspace = true
diff --git a/examples/text_area/Cargo.toml b/examples/text_area/Cargo.toml
index b743c12d..387fa3c0 100644
--- a/examples/text_area/Cargo.toml
+++ b/examples/text_area/Cargo.toml
@@ -9,3 +9,4 @@ console_error_panic_hook.workspace = true
 ratzilla.workspace = true
 tui-textarea = { version = "0.7.0", default-features = false, features = ["ratatui"] }
 examples-shared.workspace = true
+critical-section.workspace = true
diff --git a/examples/user_input/Cargo.toml b/examples/user_input/Cargo.toml
index e0e06b57..9af38f33 100644
--- a/examples/user_input/Cargo.toml
+++ b/examples/user_input/Cargo.toml
@@ -7,3 +7,4 @@ publish = false
 [dependencies]
 ratzilla.workspace = true
 examples-shared.workspace = true
+critical-section.workspace = true
diff --git a/examples/website/Cargo.toml b/examples/website/Cargo.toml
index b2cfcfa7..693e2080 100644
--- a/examples/website/Cargo.toml
+++ b/examples/website/Cargo.toml
@@ -9,3 +9,4 @@ ratzilla.workspace = true
 tachyonfx.workspace = true
 console_error_panic_hook.workspace = true
 examples-shared.workspace = true
+critical-section.workspace = true