diff --git a/examples/custom-ipld-formats/package.json b/examples/custom-ipld-formats/package.json
index d446691fc2..f4a4864d27 100644
--- a/examples/custom-ipld-formats/package.json
+++ b/examples/custom-ipld-formats/package.json
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
   "dependencies": {
     "dag-jose": "^1.0.0",
     "ipfs-daemon": "^0.9.0",
-    "ipfs-core": "^0.10.0",
+    "ipfs-core": "^0.18.1",
     "ipfs-http-client": "^52.0.0",
     "multiformats": "^9.4.1",
     "uint8arrays": "^2.1.6"