diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index b200ead..5dc6682 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -84,13 +84,13 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "axum"
-version = "0.7.9"
+version = "0.8.8"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "edca88bc138befd0323b20752846e6587272d3b03b0343c8ea28a6f819e6e71f"
+checksum = "8b52af3cb4058c895d37317bb27508dccc8e5f2d39454016b297bf4a400597b8"
 dependencies = [
- "async-trait",
- "axum-core 0.4.5",
+ "axum-core",
  "bytes",
+ "form_urlencoded",
  "futures-util",
  "http",
  "http-body",
@@ -98,13 +98,12 @@ dependencies = [
  "hyper",
  "hyper-util",
  "itoa",
- "matchit 0.7.3",
+ "matchit",
  "memchr",
  "mime",
  "percent-encoding",
  "pin-project-lite",
- "rustversion",
- "serde",
+ "serde_core",
  "serde_json",
  "serde_path_to_error",
  "serde_urlencoded",
@@ -116,52 +115,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "tracing",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "axum"
-version = "0.8.8"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "8b52af3cb4058c895d37317bb27508dccc8e5f2d39454016b297bf4a400597b8"
-dependencies = [
- "axum-core 0.5.6",
- "bytes",
- "futures-util",
- "http",
- "http-body",
- "http-body-util",
- "itoa",
- "matchit 0.8.4",
- "memchr",
- "mime",
- "percent-encoding",
- "pin-project-lite",
- "serde_core",
- "sync_wrapper",
- "tower",
- "tower-layer",
- "tower-service",
-]
-
-[[package]]
-name = "axum-core"
-version = "0.4.5"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "09f2bd6146b97ae3359fa0cc6d6b376d9539582c7b4220f041a33ec24c226199"
-dependencies = [
- "async-trait",
- "bytes",
- "futures-util",
- "http",
- "http-body",
- "http-body-util",
- "mime",
- "pin-project-lite",
- "rustversion",
- "sync_wrapper",
- "tower-layer",
- "tower-service",
- "tracing",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "axum-core"
 version = "0.5.6"
@@ -178,6 +131,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "sync_wrapper",
  "tower-layer",
  "tower-service",
+ "tracing",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -482,7 +436,7 @@ source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "39cab71617ae0d63f51a36d69f866391735b51691dbda63cf6f96d042b63efeb"
 dependencies = [
  "libc",
- "windows-sys 0.61.2",
+ "windows-sys 0.52.0",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -1044,7 +998,7 @@ dependencies = [
 name = "inferadb-examples"
 version = "0.0.0"
 dependencies = [
- "axum 0.7.9",
+ "axum",
  "inferadb",
  "tokio",
 ]
@@ -1193,12 +1147,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "regex-automata",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "matchit"
-version = "0.7.3"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "0e7465ac9959cc2b1404e8e2367b43684a6d13790fe23056cc8c6c5a6b7bcb94"
-
 [[package]]
 name = "matchit"
 version = "0.8.4"
@@ -1661,7 +1609,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "once_cell",
  "socket2",
  "tracing",
- "windows-sys 0.60.2",
+ "windows-sys 0.52.0",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -1867,7 +1815,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "errno",
  "libc",
  "linux-raw-sys",
- "windows-sys 0.61.2",
+ "windows-sys 0.52.0",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -1926,7 +1874,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "security-framework 3.5.1",
  "security-framework-sys",
  "webpki-root-certs",
- "windows-sys 0.61.2",
+ "windows-sys 0.52.0",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -2235,7 +2183,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "getrandom 0.3.4",
  "once_cell",
  "rustix",
- "windows-sys 0.61.2",
+ "windows-sys 0.52.0",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -2464,7 +2412,7 @@ source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "eb7613188ce9f7df5bfe185db26c5814347d110db17920415cf2fbcad85e7203"
 dependencies = [
  "async-trait",
- "axum 0.8.8",
+ "axum",
  "base64",
  "bytes",
  "h2",
@@ -2891,7 +2839,7 @@ version = "0.1.11"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "c2a7b1c03c876122aa43f3020e6c3c3ee5c05081c9a00739faf7503aeba10d22"
 dependencies = [
- "windows-sys 0.61.2",
+ "windows-sys 0.52.0",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
diff --git a/examples/Cargo.toml b/examples/Cargo.toml
index 80b6979..a79fe91 100644
--- a/examples/Cargo.toml
+++ b/examples/Cargo.toml
@@ -28,4 +28,4 @@ inferadb = { path = "..", features = ["rest"] }
 tokio = { version = "1", features = ["rt-multi-thread", "macros", "net"] }
 
 # Web framework for axum example
-axum = "0.7"
+axum = "0.8"