diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 0ee536a3..69774ca6 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@
     "benchmark": "^2.1.3",
     "chai": "^3.5.0",
     "dirty-chai": "^1.2.2",
-    "ipfs-repo": "~0.12.0",
+    "ipfs-repo": "~0.13.0",
     "libp2p-ipfs-nodejs": "~0.19.0",
     "lodash": "^4.17.4",
     "multiaddr": "^2.2.2",