diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 9db07426..5f069c7d 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@
     "ipfs": "~0.32.2",
     "ipfs-block-service": "~0.14.0",
     "ipfs-repo": "~0.24.0",
-    "ipld": "~0.18.0",
+    "ipld": "~0.19.0",
     "mkdirp": "~0.5.1",
     "multihashes": "~0.4.14",
     "ncp": "^2.0.0",
diff --git a/test/builder-dir-sharding.js b/test/builder-dir-sharding.js
index 79a6389e..3d7f3d9b 100644
--- a/test/builder-dir-sharding.js
+++ b/test/builder-dir-sharding.js
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ module.exports = (repo) => {
 
     before(() => {
       const bs = new BlockService(repo)
-      ipld = new Ipld(bs)
+      ipld = new Ipld({blockService: bs})
     })
 
     describe('basic dirbuilder', () => {
diff --git a/test/builder-only-hash.js b/test/builder-only-hash.js
index f2b04d38..67728e5e 100644
--- a/test/builder-only-hash.js
+++ b/test/builder-only-hash.js
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ module.exports = (repo) => {
 
     before(() => {
       const bs = new BlockService(repo)
-      ipld = new Ipld(bs)
+      ipld = new Ipld({blockService: bs})
     })
 
     it('will only chunk and hash if passed an "onlyHash" option', (done) => {
diff --git a/test/builder.js b/test/builder.js
index 523cf33c..3de873bc 100644
--- a/test/builder.js
+++ b/test/builder.js
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ module.exports = (repo) => {
 
     before(() => {
       const bs = new BlockService(repo)
-      ipld = new Ipld(bs)
+      ipld = new Ipld({blockService: bs})
     })
 
     it('allows multihash hash algorithm to be specified', (done) => {
diff --git a/test/exporter-subtree.js b/test/exporter-subtree.js
index b66e9cb8..c1d13ab5 100644
--- a/test/exporter-subtree.js
+++ b/test/exporter-subtree.js
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ module.exports = (repo) => {
 
     before(() => {
       const bs = new BlockService(repo)
-      ipld = new Ipld(bs)
+      ipld = new Ipld({blockService: bs})
     })
 
     it('export a file 2 levels down', (done) => {
diff --git a/test/exporter.js b/test/exporter.js
index 198755ca..8cb84319 100644
--- a/test/exporter.js
+++ b/test/exporter.js
@@ -148,7 +148,7 @@ module.exports = (repo) => {
 
     before(() => {
       const bs = new BlockService(repo)
-      ipld = new Ipld(bs)
+      ipld = new Ipld({blockService: bs})
     })
 
     it('ensure hash inputs are sanitized', (done) => {
diff --git a/test/hash-parity-with-go-ipfs.js b/test/hash-parity-with-go-ipfs.js
index a83bc274..adae7660 100644
--- a/test/hash-parity-with-go-ipfs.js
+++ b/test/hash-parity-with-go-ipfs.js
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ module.exports = (repo) => {
 
       before(() => {
         const bs = new BlockService(repo)
-        ipld = new Ipld(bs)
+        ipld = new Ipld({blockService: bs})
       })
 
       it('yields the same tree as go-ipfs', function (done) {
diff --git a/test/import-export-nested-dir.js b/test/import-export-nested-dir.js
index 5ad2fbc4..e92755b4 100644
--- a/test/import-export-nested-dir.js
+++ b/test/import-export-nested-dir.js
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ module.exports = (repo) => {
 
     before(() => {
       const bs = new BlockService(repo)
-      ipld = new Ipld(bs)
+      ipld = new Ipld({blockService: bs})
     })
 
     it('imports', function (done) {
diff --git a/test/import-export.js b/test/import-export.js
index e64e16ad..f858d9ec 100644
--- a/test/import-export.js
+++ b/test/import-export.js
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ module.exports = (repo) => {
 
         before(() => {
           const bs = new BlockService(repo)
-          ipld = new Ipld(bs)
+          ipld = new Ipld({blockService: bs})
         })
 
         it('import and export', (done) => {
diff --git a/test/importer-flush.js b/test/importer-flush.js
index 718f921d..fe7b57de 100644
--- a/test/importer-flush.js
+++ b/test/importer-flush.js
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ module.exports = (repo) => {
 
     before(() => {
       const bs = new BlockService(repo)
-      ipld = new Ipld(bs)
+      ipld = new Ipld({blockService: bs})
     })
 
     it('can push a single root file and flush yields no dirs', (done) => {
diff --git a/test/importer.js b/test/importer.js
index abcd4ad1..6d973894 100644
--- a/test/importer.js
+++ b/test/importer.js
@@ -243,7 +243,7 @@ module.exports = (repo) => {
 
       before(() => {
         const bs = new BlockService(repo)
-        ipld = new Ipld(bs)
+        ipld = new Ipld({blockService: bs})
       })
 
       it('fails on bad input', (done) => {