diff --git a/benchmarks/source-wordpress/package.json b/benchmarks/source-wordpress/package.json
index 8def5cf487d2a..52e1fa9514363 100644
--- a/benchmarks/source-wordpress/package.json
+++ b/benchmarks/source-wordpress/package.json
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
     "gatsby": "^2.21.18",
     "gatsby-image": "^2.4.3",
     "gatsby-plugin-benchmark-reporting": "*",
-    "gatsby-plugin-sharp": "^2.6.2",
+    "gatsby-plugin-sharp": "^4.23.0",
     "gatsby-source-filesystem": "^2.1.48",
     "gatsby-source-wordpress-experimental": "^0.1.10",
     "gatsby-transformer-sharp": "^2.5.2",