diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index f1350e5..a225330 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -32,25 +32,26 @@
   "homepage": "https://github.com/ipfs/js-ipfs-ipld#readme",
   "license": "MIT",
   "devDependencies": {
-    "aegir": "^2.1.1",
-    "async": "^2.0.0-rc.3",
+    "aegir": "^3.0.4",
+    "async": "^2.0.0-rc.5",
     "buffer-loader": "0.0.1",
     "chai": "^3.5.0",
     "fs-blob-store": "^5.2.1",
-    "idb-plus-blob-store": "^1.0.0",
-    "ipfs-repo": "^0.6.1",
-    "lodash": "^4.8.2",
+    "idb-plus-blob-store": "^1.1.2",
+    "ipfs-block-service": "^0.4.0",
+    "ipfs-repo": "^0.8.0",
+    "lodash": "^4.12.0",
     "ncp": "^2.0.0",
-    "pre-commit": "^1.1.2",
+    "pre-commit": "^1.1.3",
     "rimraf": "^2.5.2"
   },
   "dependencies": {
-    "babel-runtime": "^6.6.1",
+    "babel-runtime": "^6.9.0",
     "bs58": "^3.0.0",
-    "ipfs-blocks": "^0.1.2",
-    "ipld": "^0.5.2",
+    "ipfs-block": "^0.3.0",
+    "ipld": "^0.6.0",
     "is-ipfs": "^0.2.0",
-    "lodash.flatten": "^4.1.1",
-    "lodash.includes": "^4.1.2"
+    "lodash.flatten": "^4.2.0",
+    "lodash.includes": "^4.1.3"
   }
 }
diff --git a/src/ipld-service.js b/src/ipld-service.js
index e636c83..e8eef7a 100644
--- a/src/ipld-service.js
+++ b/src/ipld-service.js
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 'use strict'
 
 const isIPFS = require('is-ipfs')
-const Block = require('ipfs-blocks').Block
+const Block = require('ipfs-block')
 const ipld = require('ipld')
 const base58 = require('bs58')
 
diff --git a/src/resolve.js b/src/resolve.js
index 591d745..dbecb96 100644
--- a/src/resolve.js
+++ b/src/resolve.js
@@ -2,9 +2,12 @@
 
 const isIPFS = require('is-ipfs')
 const includes = require('lodash.includes')
+const ipld = require('ipld')
 
 const IPLDService = require('./ipld-service')
 
+const LINK_SYMBOL = ipld.LINK_SYMBOL
+
 module.exports = function resolve (is, path, cb) {
   if (!(is instanceof IPLDService)) {
     return cb(new Error('Missing IPLDService'))
@@ -13,14 +16,14 @@ module.exports = function resolve (is, path, cb) {
   function access (parts, obj, cb) {
     const isRoot = obj === null && (isIPFS.multihash(parts[0]) || isIPFS.ipfsPath('/' + parts.join('/')))
     const next = parts.shift()
-    const isLink = obj && obj['@link']
+    const isLink = obj && Object.keys(obj).length === 1 && obj[LINK_SYMBOL]
     const fetchLink = obj && (next ? !includes(Object.keys(obj), next) : true)
 
     if (!obj && !isRoot) {
       cb(new Error('No root object provided'))
     } else if (isLink && fetchLink) {
-      // resolve links in objects with an @link property
-      const link = obj['@link']
+      // resolve links in objects with an / property
+      const link = obj[LINK_SYMBOL]
       const linkParts = splitLink(link)
       let blockLink = ''
 
diff --git a/src/utils.js b/src/utils.js
index 3f66283..dfdeb03 100644
--- a/src/utils.js
+++ b/src/utils.js
@@ -1,13 +1,16 @@
 'use strict'
 
 const flatten = require('lodash.flatten')
+const ipld = require('ipld')
+
+const LINK_SYMBOL = ipld.LINK_SYMBOL
 
 exports = module.exports
 
 // Recursively find all '@link' values in a given node
 exports.getKeys = (node) => {
   return flatten(Object.keys(node).map((key) => {
-    if (key === '@link') {
+    if (key === LINK_SYMBOL) {
       return node[key]
     }
 
diff --git a/test/ipld-tests.js b/test/ipld-tests.js
index 577a0c6..c5df36d 100644
--- a/test/ipld-tests.js
+++ b/test/ipld-tests.js
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 'use strict'
 
 const expect = require('chai').expect
-const BlockService = require('ipfs-blocks').BlockService
+const BlockService = require('ipfs-block-service')
 const ipld = require('ipld')
 const multihash = require('multihashing')
 const async = require('async')
@@ -57,11 +57,11 @@ module.exports = (repo) => {
       const node3 = {data: '3'}
 
       node2.ref = {
-        '@link': ipld.multihash(ipld.marshal(node3))
+        '/': ipld.multihash(ipld.marshal(node3))
       }
 
       node1.ref = {
-        '@link': ipld.multihash(ipld.marshal(node2))
+        '/': ipld.multihash(ipld.marshal(node2))
       }
 
       async.series([
@@ -190,10 +190,10 @@ module.exports = (repo) => {
       const alice = {
         name: 'Alice',
         about: {
-          '@link': ipld.multihash(ipld.marshal(aliceAbout))
+          '/': ipld.multihash(ipld.marshal(aliceAbout))
         },
         friends: [{
-          '@link': ipld.multihash(ipld.marshal(bob))
+          '/': ipld.multihash(ipld.marshal(bob))
         }]
       }
       const mh = ipld.multihash(ipld.marshal(alice))
@@ -250,16 +250,16 @@ module.exports = (repo) => {
 
       const author = {
         name: {
-          '@link': `/${ipld.multihash(ipld.marshal(alice))}/name`
+          '/': `/${ipld.multihash(ipld.marshal(alice))}/name`
         }
       }
 
       const blogpost = {
         title: {
-          '@link': `/${ipld.multihash(ipld.marshal(draft))}/title`
+          '/': `/${ipld.multihash(ipld.marshal(draft))}/title`
         },
         author: {
-          '@link': `/ipfs/${ipld.multihash(ipld.marshal(author))}`
+          '/': `/ipfs/${ipld.multihash(ipld.marshal(author))}`
         }
       }
 
diff --git a/test/utils.spec.js b/test/utils.spec.js
index 90ca8e8..8886332 100644
--- a/test/utils.spec.js
+++ b/test/utils.spec.js
@@ -11,12 +11,12 @@ describe('utils', () => {
       expect(
         utils.getKeys({
           hello: 'world',
-          '@link': 'link-1',
+          l1: {'/': 'link-1'},
           nested: {
-            '@link': 'link-2',
+            l2: {'/': 'link-2'},
             even: {
               deeper: true,
-              '@link': 'link-3'
+              l3: {'/': 'link-3'}
             }
           }
         })