diff --git a/_examples/go.mod b/_examples/go.mod
index 299d9728..649e1f12 100644
--- a/_examples/go.mod
+++ b/_examples/go.mod
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/alecthomas/assert/v2 v2.1.0
 	github.com/alecthomas/go-thrift v0.0.0-20170109061633-7914173639b2
 	github.com/alecthomas/kong v0.6.1
-	github.com/alecthomas/participle/v2 v2.0.0-alpha11
+	github.com/alecthomas/participle/v2 v2.0.0-beta.5
 	github.com/alecthomas/repr v0.1.0
 )
 
diff --git a/cmd/participle/go.mod b/cmd/participle/go.mod
index be2c477e..c8b12164 100644
--- a/cmd/participle/go.mod
+++ b/cmd/participle/go.mod
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ go 1.18
 
 require (
 	github.com/alecthomas/kong v0.6.1
-	github.com/alecthomas/participle/v2 v2.0.0-00010101000000-000000000000
+	github.com/alecthomas/participle/v2 v2.0.0-beta.5
 )
 
 replace github.com/alecthomas/participle/v2 => ../..