diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index d4c9fc6a03..70088c5de6 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@
     "ipfs-bitswap": "~0.23.0",
     "ipfs-block": "~0.8.0",
     "ipfs-block-service": "~0.15.1",
-    "ipfs-http-client": "^31.0.0",
+    "ipfs-http-client": "ipfs/js-ipfs-http-client#fix/refs-error-handling",
     "ipfs-http-response": "~0.2.1",
     "ipfs-mfs": "~0.10.2",
     "ipfs-multipart": "~0.1.0",