diff --git a/examples/access-control-migration/package.json b/examples/access-control-migration/package.json
index 0069f8bffa68..8f74f3efbc06 100644
--- a/examples/access-control-migration/package.json
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index f79d6ece27d4..0e91669fa1c6 100644
--- a/examples/references-many/package.json
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index b29fefd2e8ee..68fe8b565040 100644
--- a/examples/rest-crud/package.json
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diff --git a/examples/todo-jwt/package.json b/examples/todo-jwt/package.json
index 16816fd63405..addf91e4a769 100644
--- a/examples/todo-jwt/package.json
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diff --git a/examples/todo-list/package.json b/examples/todo-list/package.json
index 36abb3540759..0e53f1b36ded 100644
--- a/examples/todo-list/package.json
+++ b/examples/todo-list/package.json
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diff --git a/examples/todo/package.json b/examples/todo/package.json
index a8835ddc33c7..0eb9c6beba36 100644
--- a/examples/todo/package.json
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index ed2d092f2fca..bbba6ea55d0b 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
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