diff --git a/examples/custom-libp2p/package.json b/examples/custom-libp2p/package.json
index 8e28bc66..c4427624 100644
--- a/examples/custom-libp2p/package.json
+++ b/examples/custom-libp2p/package.json
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
   "license": "MIT",
   "dependencies": {
     "ipfs": "file:../../",
-    "libp2p": "~0.22.0",
+    "libp2p": "~0.26.1",
     "libp2p-kad-dht": "~0.10.1",
     "libp2p-mdns": "~0.12.0",
     "libp2p-mplex": "~0.8.0",