diff --git a/packages/cli/package.json b/packages/cli/package.json
index b4769ac6ec..c647da6fa7 100644
--- a/packages/cli/package.json
+++ b/packages/cli/package.json
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@
     "cross-eventsource": "^1.0.0",
     "did-resolver": "^4.0.1",
     "dids": "^5.0.0",
-    "express": "^4.18.2",
+    "express": "^5.1.0",
     "http-status-codes": "^2.2.0",
     "ipfs-http-client": "^60.0.0",
     "key-did-provider-ed25519": "^4.0.0",
diff --git a/packages/common/package.json b/packages/common/package.json
index 6450381826..dcccac9060 100644
--- a/packages/common/package.json
+++ b/packages/common/package.json
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@
     "@types/logfmt": "^1.2.2",
     "@types/node": "^18.0.3",
     "dids": "^5.0.0",
-    "express": "^4.18.2",
+    "express": "^5.1.0",
     "get-port": "^7.0.0",
     "ipfs-core-types": "^0.14.0",
     "json-schema-to-typescript": "^10.1.5",
diff --git a/packages/ipfs-daemon/package.json b/packages/ipfs-daemon/package.json
index 74b3a11b77..fc87da9c65 100644
--- a/packages/ipfs-daemon/package.json
+++ b/packages/ipfs-daemon/package.json
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@
   "dependencies": {
     "@ceramicnetwork/common": "^6.4.1-rc.0",
     "@ceramicnetwork/ipfs-topology": "^6.4.1-rc.0",
-    "express": "^4.18.2",
+    "express": "^5.1.0",
     "get-port": "^7.0.0",
     "go-ipfs": "^0.18.1",
     "ipfs-http-client": "^60.0.0",