diff --git a/.circleci/main.yml b/.circleci/main.yml
index a33dd391fbaa..47860b5e22b1 100644
--- a/.circleci/main.yml
+++ b/.circleci/main.yml
@@ -241,7 +241,8 @@ jobs:
           name: Installing dependencies
           command: |
             npm init -y
-            npm install ipfs@^0.61.0
+            npm install ipfs@^0.66.0
+            npm install kubo-rpc-client@^3.0.1
             npm install ipfs-interop@^10.0.1
             npm install mocha-circleci-reporter@0.0.3
           working_directory: ~/ipfs/kubo/interop
diff --git a/.github/workflows/build.yml b/.github/workflows/build.yml
index ab7b00f4f862..5e350cad77a5 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build.yml
@@ -70,7 +70,8 @@ jobs:
       - run: mkdir interop
       - run: |
           npm init -y
-          npm install ipfs@^0.61.0
+          npm install ipfs@^0.66.0
+          npm install kubo-rpc-client@^3.0.1
           npm install ipfs-interop@^10.0.1
         working-directory: interop
       - run: npx ipfs-interop -- -t node $(sed -e 's#[^ ]*#-f test/&.js#g' <<< '${{ matrix.suites }}')