diff --git a/examples/custom-ipfs-repo/package.json b/examples/custom-ipfs-repo/package.json
index 545cce0cce..f0b42f5089 100644
--- a/examples/custom-ipfs-repo/package.json
+++ b/examples/custom-ipfs-repo/package.json
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
   "license": "MIT",
   "dependencies": {
     "datastore-fs": "4.0.0",
-    "ipfs": "^0.55.1",
+    "ipfs": "^0.63.0",
     "ipfs-repo": "^9.1.6",
     "it-all": "^1.0.4"
   },