diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index e8b0e478..ea41f0ec 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@
     "detect-node": "^2.0.3",
     "eslint-config-standard-jsx": "^4.0.2",
     "go-ipfs-dep": "0.4.11",
-    "ipfs-api": "^14.3.5",
+    "ipfs-api": "^15.1.0",
     "multiaddr": "^3.0.1",
     "once": "^1.4.0",
     "rimraf": "^2.6.2",
diff --git a/test/spawning-daemons.spec.js b/test/spawning-daemons.spec.js
index d50f3e7f..c5ac0215 100644
--- a/test/spawning-daemons.spec.js
+++ b/test/spawning-daemons.spec.js
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@ const exec = require('../src/exec')
 const ipfsd = require('../src')
 
 const isWindows = os.platform() === 'win32'
-
 describe('daemon spawning', function () {
   this.timeout(60 * 1000)
 
@@ -334,13 +333,6 @@ describe('daemon spawning', function () {
       })
     })
 
-    // skip on windows for now
-    // https://github.com/ipfs/js-ipfsd-ctl/pull/155#issuecomment-326970190
-    // fails on windows see https://github.com/ipfs/js-ipfs-api/issues/408
-    if (isWindows) {
-      return it.skip('uses the correct ipfs-api')
-    }
-
     it('uses the correct ipfs-api', (done) => {
       ipfs.util.addFromFs(path.join(__dirname, 'fixtures/'), {
         recursive: true