diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 9b436cb..8579ee6 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -51,7 +51,6 @@
     "@typescript-eslint/eslint-plugin": "^5.9.1",
     "@typescript-eslint/parser": "^5.9.1",
     "babel-jest": "^28.1.3",
-    "dag-jose": "^2.0.1",
     "did-jwt": "^6.9.0",
     "dids": "^4.0.0",
     "eslint": "^8.7.0",
@@ -59,11 +58,11 @@
     "eslint-import-resolver-typescript": "^3.4.0",
     "eslint-plugin-import": "^2.26.0",
     "eslint-plugin-jest": "^25.7.0",
-    "ipfs-http-client": "^55.0.0",
+    "ipfs-http-client": "^60.0.0",
     "jest": "^28.1.3",
     "jest-resolver-enhanced": "^1.0.1",
     "key-did-provider-ed25519": "^2.0.1",
-    "key-did-resolver": "^2.1.3",
+    "key-did-resolver": "^3.0.0",
     "node-config-ts": "^3.1.0",
     "node-jq": "^2.3.3",
     "rxjs": "^7.8.0",
diff --git a/src/utils.ts b/src/utils.ts
index c9976b6..9bb3fd3 100644
--- a/src/utils.ts
+++ b/src/utils.ts
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@ import { S3Store } from '@ceramicnetwork/cli'
 import { Ceramic, CeramicConfig } from '@ceramicnetwork/core'
 import { CeramicClient } from '@ceramicnetwork/http-client'
 
-import * as dagJose from 'dag-jose'
 import { randomString } from '@stablelib/random'
 import { Ed25519Provider } from 'key-did-provider-ed25519'
 import KeyDidResolver from 'key-did-resolver'
@@ -143,7 +142,7 @@ export async function waitForAnchor(
 export async function buildIpfs(configObj): Promise<any> {
   if (configObj.mode == 'client') {
     console.log(`Creating IPFS via http client, connected to ${configObj.apiURL}`)
-    return ipfsClient.create({ url: configObj.apiURL, ipld: { codecs: [dagJose] } })
+    return ipfsClient.create({ url: configObj.apiURL })
   } else if (configObj.mode == 'node') {
     throw new Error('Creating in-process IPFS node is not currently supported')
   } else if (configObj.mode == 'none') {