diff --git a/infra/messaging/package.json b/infra/messaging/package.json
index f3fd52c0cb5c..e04f94036dab 100644
--- a/infra/messaging/package.json
+++ b/infra/messaging/package.json
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@
     "envkey": "^1.2.6",
     "esm": "3.2.25",
     "express-ws": "^4.0.0",
-    "ipfs": "^0.40.0",
+    "ipfs": "^0.51.0",
     "ipfs-api": "^26.1.2",
     "ipfs-log": "^4.2.0",
     "ipfs-pubsub-1on1": "0.0.6",