diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index ffcc9fa90e..3cd1773ac3 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@
     "ipfs-http-response": "~0.1.2",
     "ipfs-mfs": "~0.3.0",
     "ipfs-multipart": "~0.1.0",
-    "ipfs-repo": "~0.22.1",
+    "ipfs-repo": "~0.23.1",
     "ipfs-unixfs": "~0.1.15",
     "ipfs-unixfs-engine": "~0.32.1",
     "ipld": "~0.17.3",
diff --git a/test/fixtures/go-ipfs-repo/version b/test/fixtures/go-ipfs-repo/version
index 62f9457511..c7930257df 100644
--- a/test/fixtures/go-ipfs-repo/version
+++ b/test/fixtures/go-ipfs-repo/version
@@ -1 +1 @@
-6
\ No newline at end of file
+7
\ No newline at end of file