diff --git a/custom-ipld-formats/package.json b/custom-ipld-formats/package.json
index 1eff93f7..44caaf8f 100644
--- a/custom-ipld-formats/package.json
+++ b/custom-ipld-formats/package.json
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
     "test-ipfs-example": "^2.0.3"
   },
   "dependencies": {
-    "cids": "^1.0.0",
+    "cids": "1.0.2",
     "ipfs-cli": "^0.1.0",
     "ipfs-core": "^0.2.1",
     "ipfs-http-client": "^48.1.1",