diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 5b9d77f..e4c7d05 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -9,3 +9,5 @@ Cargo.lock
 tarpaulin-report.html
 .idea
 .DS_Store
+.vscode
+
diff --git a/examples/Cargo.toml b/examples/Cargo.toml
index fdd12c5..6f1bcb1 100644
--- a/examples/Cargo.toml
+++ b/examples/Cargo.toml
@@ -21,6 +21,6 @@ thiserror = "1"
 prometheus = { version = "0.12" }
 env_logger = "0.9"
 actix_derive = "0.6"
-actix-web = "3"
+actix-web = "4.0.0-beta"
 tracing = "0.1"
 tracing-subscriber = "0.2"