diff --git a/examples/custom-ipfs-repo/package.json b/examples/custom-ipfs-repo/package.json
index f992ca99a9..e90b7bd052 100644
--- a/examples/custom-ipfs-repo/package.json
+++ b/examples/custom-ipfs-repo/package.json
@@ -11,6 +11,6 @@
   "dependencies": {
     "datastore-fs": "~0.8.0",
     "ipfs": "file:../../",
-    "ipfs-repo": "~0.26.1"
+    "ipfs-repo": "~0.27.0"
   }
 }