diff --git a/examples/custom-ipfs-repo/package.json b/examples/custom-ipfs-repo/package.json
index 05f36072d4..580b1fec25 100644
--- a/examples/custom-ipfs-repo/package.json
+++ b/examples/custom-ipfs-repo/package.json
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
   "license": "MIT",
   "dependencies": {
     "datastore-fs": "^2.0.0",
-    "ipfs": "^0.53.2",
+    "ipfs": "^0.59.0",
     "ipfs-repo": "^7.0.0",
     "it-all": "^1.0.4"
   },