diff --git a/examples/wasmtime/Makefile b/examples/wasmtime/Makefile
index b7d445b00..2eeb70957 100644
--- a/examples/wasmtime/Makefile
+++ b/examples/wasmtime/Makefile
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ target/x86_64-unknown-hermit/release/wasmi_demo: $(SOURCE_FILES) Cargo.* wasm/fi
 		--release
 
 wasm/fib.wasm:
-	cd examples; cd fib; cargo build --target wasm32-wasi --release; cp target/wasm32-wasi/release/fib.wasm ../../wasm
+	cd examples; cd fib; cargo build --target wasm32-wasip1 --release; cp target/wasm32-wasip1/release/fib.wasm ../../wasm
 	
 .PHONY: clean
 clean:
diff --git a/examples/wasmtime/build.rs b/examples/wasmtime/build.rs
index 21a93dcbe..c6118d531 100644
--- a/examples/wasmtime/build.rs
+++ b/examples/wasmtime/build.rs
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ fn main() -> io::Result<()> {
 		.arg("build")
 		.arg("-Zunstable-options")
 		.arg("-Zbuild-std=std,panic_abort")
-		.arg("--target=wasm32-wasi")
+		.arg("--target=wasm32-wasip1")
 		.args(&["--package", package])
 		.arg("--release")
 		.arg("--target-dir=target")