diff --git a/create-farc/templates/default/package.json b/create-farc/templates/default/package.json
index d1aee99d..33c21049 100644
--- a/create-farc/templates/default/package.json
+++ b/create-farc/templates/default/package.json
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
   "dependencies": {
     "bun": "latest",
     "farc": "main",
-    "hono": "^3.12.8"
+    "hono": "^4"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
     "@types/bun": "latest"
diff --git a/example/.gitignore b/examples/_dev/.gitignore
similarity index 100%
rename from example/.gitignore
rename to examples/_dev/.gitignore
diff --git a/example/README.md b/examples/_dev/README.md
similarity index 100%
rename from example/README.md
rename to examples/_dev/README.md
diff --git a/example/package.json b/examples/_dev/package.json
similarity index 90%
rename from example/package.json
rename to examples/_dev/package.json
index 8d0f98ab..3eef70eb 100644
--- a/example/package.json
+++ b/examples/_dev/package.json
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
   },
   "dependencies": {
     "farc": "workspace:*",
-    "hono": "^3.12.8"
+    "hono": "^4"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
     "@types/bun": "latest"
diff --git a/example/src/index.tsx b/examples/_dev/src/index.tsx
similarity index 100%
rename from example/src/index.tsx
rename to examples/_dev/src/index.tsx
diff --git a/example/src/todos.tsx b/examples/_dev/src/todos.tsx
similarity index 100%
rename from example/src/todos.tsx
rename to examples/_dev/src/todos.tsx
diff --git a/example/tsconfig.json b/examples/_dev/tsconfig.json
similarity index 100%
rename from example/tsconfig.json
rename to examples/_dev/tsconfig.json
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 1dbf9256..c1e9972f 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
-  "workspaces": ["create-farc", "example", "src"],
+  "workspaces": ["create-farc", "examples/*", "src"],
   "scripts": {
-    "dev": "bun run --hot ./example/src/index.tsx",
+    "dev": "bun run --hot ./examples/_dev/src/index.tsx",
     "build": "bun run clean && bun run build:farc && bun run build:create-farc",
     "build:farc": "tsc --project ./tsconfig.build.json",
     "build:create-farc": "rimraf create-farc/_lib && tsc -p create-farc/tsconfig.build.json",
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
     "@types/bun": "latest",
     "@types/fs-extra": "^11.0.4",
     "@vitest/coverage-v8": "^1.2.2",
-    "hono": "^3.12.8",
+    "hono": "^4",
     "rimraf": "^5.0.5",
     "typed-htmx": "^0.2.1",
     "typescript": "^5.0.0",
diff --git a/src/package.json b/src/package.json
index 2623b8e6..054ed371 100644
--- a/src/package.json
+++ b/src/package.json
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
     ".": "./_lib/index.js"
   },
   "peerDependencies": {
-    "hono": "^3"
+    "hono": "^4"
   },
   "dependencies": {
     "@farcaster/core": "^0.13.7",