diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 8207df136..621257e26 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -79,8 +79,8 @@
     "eslint-plugin-react": "^7.10.0",
     "go-ipfs-dep": "~0.4.15",
     "gulp": "^3.9.1",
-    "interface-ipfs-core": "~0.71.0",
-    "ipfsd-ctl": "~0.37.5",
+    "interface-ipfs-core": "~0.76.1",
+    "ipfsd-ctl": "~0.39.1",
     "pull-stream": "^3.6.8",
     "socket.io": "^2.1.1",
     "socket.io-client": "^2.1.1",
diff --git a/test/interface.spec.js b/test/interface.spec.js
index 5f169433f..fa9765c44 100644
--- a/test/interface.spec.js
+++ b/test/interface.spec.js
@@ -178,6 +178,13 @@ describe('interface-ipfs-core tests', () => {
     ]
   })
 
+  tests.name(CommonFactory.create({
+    spawnOptions: {
+      initOptions: { bits: 1024 },
+      // args: ['--offline']
+    }
+  }))
+
   tests.object(defaultCommonFactory)
 
   tests.pin(defaultCommonFactory)