diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 55f9b174..08215439 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 warcio>=1.5.3
-ipfshttpclient>=0.4.13
+git+git://github.com/ipfs-shipyard/py-ipfs-http-client@master#egg=ipfshttpclient
 Flask==1.1.1
 pycryptodome>=3.4.11
 requests>=2.19.1