diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 9170790dc2..c4025b04a6 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -1834,9 +1834,9 @@ checksum = "09d6582e104315a817dff97f75133544b2e094ee22447d2acf4a74e189ba06fc"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "libfuzzer-sys"
-version = "0.4.7"
+version = "0.4.4"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "a96cfd5557eb82f2b83fed4955246c988d331975a002961b07c81584d107e7f7"
+checksum = "ae185684fe19814afd066da15a7cc41e126886c21282934225d9fc847582da58"
 dependencies = [
  "arbitrary",
  "cc",
@@ -1850,7 +1850,7 @@ source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "fc2f4eb4bc735547cfed7c0a4922cbd04a4655978c09b54f1f7b228750664c34"
 dependencies = [
  "cfg-if",
- "windows-targets 0.48.5",
+ "windows-targets 0.52.6",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -3362,7 +3362,7 @@ source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "3637e734239e12ab152cd269302500bd063f37624ee210cd04b4936ed671f3b1"
 dependencies = [
  "cc",
- "windows-targets 0.48.5",
+ "windows-targets 0.52.6",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -4036,7 +4036,7 @@ version = "0.1.9"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "cf221c93e13a30d793f7645a0e7762c55d169dbb0a49671918a2319d289b10bb"
 dependencies = [
- "windows-sys 0.48.0",
+ "windows-sys 0.59.0",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
diff --git a/examples/src/hello_triangle/mod.rs b/examples/src/hello_triangle/mod.rs
index 7c82d49cf0..bd45d9ad87 100644
--- a/examples/src/hello_triangle/mod.rs
+++ b/examples/src/hello_triangle/mod.rs
@@ -10,7 +10,17 @@ async fn run(event_loop: EventLoop<()>, window: Window) {
     size.width = size.width.max(1);
     size.height = size.height.max(1);
 
-    let instance = wgpu::Instance::default();
+    // Configure instance using `WGPU_BACKEND`, `WGPU_DX12_COMPILER` and `WGPU_GLES_MINOR_VERSION` environment variables. (or use default if environment variables not set)
+    let backends = wgpu::util::backend_bits_from_env().unwrap_or_default();
+    let dx12_shader_compiler = wgpu::util::dx12_shader_compiler_from_env().unwrap_or_default();
+    let gles_minor_version = wgpu::util::gles_minor_version_from_env().unwrap_or_default();
+
+    let instance = wgpu::Instance::new(wgpu::InstanceDescriptor {
+        backends,
+        flags: wgpu::InstanceFlags::from_build_config().with_env(),
+        dx12_shader_compiler,
+        gles_minor_version,
+    });
 
     let surface = instance.create_surface(&window).unwrap();
     let adapter = instance