diff --git a/examples/wasmtime/Cargo.toml b/examples/wasmtime/Cargo.toml
index 373ccb2ae..3a1ac802a 100644
--- a/examples/wasmtime/Cargo.toml
+++ b/examples/wasmtime/Cargo.toml
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ cfg-if = "1"
 log = { version = "0.4" } #, features = ["kv_unstable"]}
 simple_logger = { version = "5.0", default-features = false }
 # FIXME: remove `gc` feature once upgraded to wasmtime 25:
-wasmtime = { version = "24.0", default-features = false, features = ["std", "gc", "runtime", "cranelift", "threads", "parallel-compilation"] } #"pooling-allocator", "incremental-cache", "wat", "gc", "component-model"] }
+wasmtime = { version = "26.0", default-features = false, features = ["std", "gc", "runtime", "cranelift", "threads", "parallel-compilation"] } #"pooling-allocator", "incremental-cache", "wat", "gc", "component-model"] }
 zerocopy = { version = "0.8", default-features = false, features = ["alloc", "derive", "simd-nightly"] }
 
 [target.'cfg(target_os = "hermit")'.dependencies]