diff --git a/examples/Cargo.lock b/examples/Cargo.lock
index 671bdbb49b..b1c49bba39 100644
--- a/examples/Cargo.lock
+++ b/examples/Cargo.lock
@@ -1118,13 +1118,13 @@ dependencies = [
 
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- "windows-sys 0.48.0",
+ "windows-sys 0.59.0",
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 checksum = "841d1cc9bed7f9236f321df977030373f4a4163ae1a7dbfe1a51a2c1a51d9100"
 dependencies = [
+ "allocator-api2",
+ "equivalent",
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 ]
 
@@ -2258,7 +2258,7 @@ dependencies = [
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  "tokio-rustls",
  "tower-service",
- "webpki-roots 1.0.6",
+ "webpki-roots",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -2822,7 +2822,7 @@ dependencies = [
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  "typed-builder",
  "uuid",
- "webpki-roots 1.0.6",
+ "webpki-roots",
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 [[package]]
@@ -3536,7 +3536,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "wasm-bindgen-futures",
  "wasm-streams",
  "web-sys",
- "webpki-roots 1.0.6",
+ "webpki-roots",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -3986,9 +3986,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
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+version = "0.9.0-alpha.1"
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-checksum = "1fefb893899429669dcdd979aff487bd78f4064e5e7907e4269081e0ef7d97dc"
+checksum = "decccfa5f2f3eac95eb68085cfe69a0172fa9711666c3a634cfc806d4fb74a47"
 dependencies = [
  "sqlx-core",
  "sqlx-macros",
@@ -3999,12 +3999,13 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
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-version = "0.8.6"
+version = "0.9.0-alpha.1"
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-checksum = "ee6798b1838b6a0f69c007c133b8df5866302197e404e8b6ee8ed3e3a5e68dc6"
+checksum = "86854e8c6aba0dafcf1c04b4836b0b7fa3a20c560e3554567afefe1258fa4e60"
 dependencies = [
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  "bytes",
+ "cfg-if 1.0.4",
  "crc",
  "crossbeam-queue",
  "either",
@@ -4013,14 +4014,12 @@ dependencies = [
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  "futures-io",
  "futures-util",
- "hashbrown 0.15.5",
+ "hashbrown 0.16.1",
  "hashlink",
  "indexmap",
  "log",
  "memchr",
- "once_cell",
  "percent-encoding",
- "rustls",
  "serde",
  "serde_json",
  "sha2 0.10.9",
@@ -4030,14 +4029,13 @@ dependencies = [
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  "tracing",
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- "webpki-roots 0.26.11",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
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-version = "0.8.6"
+version = "0.9.0-alpha.1"
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-checksum = "a2d452988ccaacfbf5e0bdbc348fb91d7c8af5bee192173ac3636b5fb6e6715d"
+checksum = "d7aab9442ed1568e3aed6c368737226ee4e0e8d1deb0e0887fa6bf15282ace44"
 dependencies = [
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  "quote",
@@ -4048,15 +4046,15 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
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-version = "0.8.6"
+version = "0.9.0-alpha.1"
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-checksum = "19a9c1841124ac5a61741f96e1d9e2ec77424bf323962dd894bdb93f37d5219b"
+checksum = "34eb4976b8f02ac57ee98d4ce40cd1aad7ab31d9792977bc3171f787ba6ba2fb"
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+ "cfg-if 1.0.4",
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  "either",
  "heck",
  "hex",
- "once_cell",
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
  "serde",
@@ -4067,15 +4065,16 @@ dependencies = [
  "sqlx-postgres",
  "sqlx-sqlite",
  "syn",
+ "thiserror 2.0.18",
  "tokio",
  "url",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
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-version = "0.8.6"
+version = "0.9.0-alpha.1"
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-checksum = "aa003f0038df784eb8fecbbac13affe3da23b45194bd57dba231c8f48199c526"
+checksum = "6fef16f3d52a3710a672b48175b713e86476e2df85576a753c8b37ad11a483c0"
 dependencies = [
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  "base64 0.22.1",
@@ -4098,7 +4097,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "log",
  "md-5",
  "memchr",
- "once_cell",
  "percent-encoding",
  "rand 0.8.5",
  "rsa",
@@ -4115,9 +4113,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
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-version = "0.8.6"
+version = "0.9.0-alpha.1"
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-checksum = "db58fcd5a53cf07c184b154801ff91347e4c30d17a3562a635ff028ad5deda46"
+checksum = "f053cf36ecb2793a9d9bb02d01bbad1ef66481d5db6ff5ab2dfb7b070cc0d13c"
 dependencies = [
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  "base64 0.22.1",
@@ -4137,7 +4135,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "log",
  "md-5",
  "memchr",
- "once_cell",
  "rand 0.8.5",
  "serde",
  "serde_json",
@@ -4152,9 +4149,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
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-version = "0.8.6"
+version = "0.9.0-alpha.1"
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-checksum = "c2d12fe70b2c1b4401038055f90f151b78208de1f9f89a7dbfd41587a10c3eea"
+checksum = "fe2cd6cee87120b1e1dd31356b5589911995c777707e49f2750eec7c7fe43eef"
 dependencies = [
  "atoi",
  "flume",
@@ -4972,15 +4969,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "wasm-bindgen",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "webpki-roots"
-version = "0.26.11"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "521bc38abb08001b01866da9f51eb7c5d647a19260e00054a8c7fd5f9e57f7a9"
-dependencies = [
- "webpki-roots 1.0.6",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "webpki-roots"
 version = "1.0.6"
@@ -5094,18 +5082,18 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
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-version = "0.48.0"
+version = "0.52.0"
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-checksum = "677d2418bec65e3338edb076e806bc1ec15693c5d0104683f2efe857f61056a9"
+checksum = "282be5f36a8ce781fad8c8ae18fa3f9beff57ec1b52cb3de0789201425d9a33d"
 dependencies = [
- "windows-targets 0.48.5",
+ "windows-targets 0.52.6",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
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-version = "0.52.0"
+version = "0.59.0"
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-checksum = "282be5f36a8ce781fad8c8ae18fa3f9beff57ec1b52cb3de0789201425d9a33d"
+checksum = "1e38bc4d79ed67fd075bcc251a1c39b32a1776bbe92e5bef1f0bf1f8c531853b"
 dependencies = [
  "windows-targets 0.52.6",
 ]
@@ -5128,21 +5116,6 @@ dependencies = [
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 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "windows-targets"
-version = "0.48.5"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "9a2fa6e2155d7247be68c096456083145c183cbbbc2764150dda45a87197940c"
-dependencies = [
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- "windows_aarch64_msvc 0.48.5",
- "windows_i686_gnu 0.48.5",
- "windows_i686_msvc 0.48.5",
- "windows_x86_64_gnu 0.48.5",
- "windows_x86_64_gnullvm 0.48.5",
- "windows_x86_64_msvc 0.48.5",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "windows-targets"
 version = "0.52.6"
@@ -5176,12 +5149,6 @@ dependencies = [
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 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "windows_aarch64_gnullvm"
-version = "0.48.5"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "2b38e32f0abccf9987a4e3079dfb67dcd799fb61361e53e2882c3cbaf0d905d8"
-
 [[package]]
 name = "windows_aarch64_gnullvm"
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@@ -5194,12 +5161,6 @@ version = "0.53.1"
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-[[package]]
-name = "windows_aarch64_msvc"
-version = "0.48.5"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "dc35310971f3b2dbbf3f0690a219f40e2d9afcf64f9ab7cc1be722937c26b4bc"
-
 [[package]]
 name = "windows_aarch64_msvc"
 version = "0.52.6"
@@ -5212,12 +5173,6 @@ version = "0.53.1"
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-[[package]]
-name = "windows_i686_gnu"
-version = "0.48.5"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "a75915e7def60c94dcef72200b9a8e58e5091744960da64ec734a6c6e9b3743e"
-
 [[package]]
 name = "windows_i686_gnu"
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@@ -5242,12 +5197,6 @@ version = "0.53.1"
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 checksum = "fa7359d10048f68ab8b09fa71c3daccfb0e9b559aed648a8f95469c27057180c"
 
-[[package]]
-name = "windows_i686_msvc"
-version = "0.48.5"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "8f55c233f70c4b27f66c523580f78f1004e8b5a8b659e05a4eb49d4166cca406"
-
 [[package]]
 name = "windows_i686_msvc"
 version = "0.52.6"
@@ -5260,12 +5209,6 @@ version = "0.53.1"
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 checksum = "1e7ac75179f18232fe9c285163565a57ef8d3c89254a30685b57d83a38d326c2"
 
-[[package]]
-name = "windows_x86_64_gnu"
-version = "0.48.5"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "53d40abd2583d23e4718fddf1ebec84dbff8381c07cae67ff7768bbf19c6718e"
-
 [[package]]
 name = "windows_x86_64_gnu"
 version = "0.52.6"
@@ -5278,12 +5221,6 @@ version = "0.53.1"
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 checksum = "9c3842cdd74a865a8066ab39c8a7a473c0778a3f29370b5fd6b4b9aa7df4a499"
 
-[[package]]
-name = "windows_x86_64_gnullvm"
-version = "0.48.5"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "0b7b52767868a23d5bab768e390dc5f5c55825b6d30b86c844ff2dc7414044cc"
-
 [[package]]
 name = "windows_x86_64_gnullvm"
 version = "0.52.6"
@@ -5296,12 +5233,6 @@ version = "0.53.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
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-[[package]]
-name = "windows_x86_64_msvc"
-version = "0.48.5"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "ed94fce61571a4006852b7389a063ab983c02eb1bb37b47f8272ce92d06d9538"
-
 [[package]]
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diff --git a/examples/sqlx-postgres/Cargo.toml b/examples/sqlx-postgres/Cargo.toml
index 0a0c437630..63c0f32c98 100644
--- a/examples/sqlx-postgres/Cargo.toml
+++ b/examples/sqlx-postgres/Cargo.toml
@@ -10,4 +10,4 @@ tokio = { version = "1.0", features = ["full"] }
 tracing = "0.1"
 tracing-subscriber = { version = "0.3", features = ["env-filter"] }
 
-sqlx = { version = "0.8", features = ["runtime-tokio-rustls", "any", "postgres"] }
+sqlx = { version = "=0.9.0-alpha.1", features = ["runtime-tokio", "any", "postgres"] }