diff --git a/examples/router/package.json b/examples/router/package.json
index 2914f86b3f..a8f7b19452 100644
--- a/examples/router/package.json
+++ b/examples/router/package.json
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
     "@opentelemetry/exporter-zipkin": "^0.25.0",
     "@opentelemetry/instrumentation": "^0.25.0",
     "@opentelemetry/instrumentation-http": "^0.25.0",
-    "@opentelemetry/instrumentation-router": "^0.23.0",
+    "@opentelemetry/instrumentation-router": "^0.26.0",
     "@opentelemetry/sdk-trace-node": "^0.25.0",
     "@opentelemetry/sdk-trace-base": "^0.25.0",
     "router": "^1.3.5"