diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 9cfafd6c..7c51bd6f 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@
     "detect-node": "^2.0.4",
     "dirty-chai": "^2.0.1",
     "ipfs-unixfs": "^2.0.2",
-    "ipfsd-ctl": "^7.0.0",
+    "ipfsd-ctl": "^8.0.0",
     "ipns": "^0.8.0",
     "is-ci": "^2.0.0",
     "is-os": "^1.0.1",