diff --git a/examples/custom-ipfs-repo/package.json b/examples/custom-ipfs-repo/package.json
index f7289d7bca..f4f0108a40 100644
--- a/examples/custom-ipfs-repo/package.json
+++ b/examples/custom-ipfs-repo/package.json
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
   "dependencies": {
     "datastore-fs": "^0.9.1",
     "ipfs": "file:../../",
-    "ipfs-repo": "^0.28.0"
+    "ipfs-repo": "^15.0.0"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
     "execa": "^3.2.0"