diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 222b0293a2..ed8231c9c3 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@
     "ipfs-bitswap": "^0.26.0",
     "ipfs-block": "~0.8.1",
     "ipfs-block-service": "~0.16.0",
-    "ipfs-http-client": "^40.0.1",
+    "ipfs-http-client": "ipfs/js-ipfs-http-client#control-peer-id-version",
     "ipfs-http-response": "~0.4.0",
     "ipfs-mfs": "^0.13.2",
     "ipfs-multipart": "^0.2.0",