diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index b74ac3e23a..12cc68234e 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -73,8 +73,8 @@
     "expose-loader": "^0.7.5",
     "form-data": "^2.3.2",
     "hat": "0.0.3",
-    "ipfsd-ctl": "~0.31.0",
-    "interface-ipfs-core": "~0.58.0",
+    "interface-ipfs-core": "^0.61.0",
+    "ipfsd-ctl": "^0.32.1",
     "lodash": "^4.17.5",
     "mocha": "^5.0.5",
     "ncp": "^2.0.0",
@@ -106,47 +106,47 @@
     "hapi-set-header": "^1.0.2",
     "hoek": "^5.0.3",
     "human-to-milliseconds": "^1.0.0",
-    "ipfs-api": "^19.0.0",
-    "ipfs-bitswap": "~0.19.0",
-    "ipfs-block": "~0.6.1",
-    "ipfs-block-service": "~0.13.0",
+    "ipfs-api": "^20.0.1",
+    "ipfs-bitswap": "~0.20.0",
+    "ipfs-block": "^0.7.1",
+    "ipfs-block-service": "~0.14.0",
     "ipfs-multipart": "~0.1.0",
-    "ipfs-repo": "~0.18.7",
+    "ipfs-repo": "^0.19.0",
     "ipfs-unixfs": "~0.1.14",
-    "ipfs-unixfs-engine": "~0.27.0",
-    "ipld": "^0.15.0",
+    "ipfs-unixfs-engine": "~0.28.1",
+    "ipld": "^0.17.0",
     "is-ipfs": "^0.3.2",
     "is-stream": "^1.1.0",
     "joi": "^13.1.2",
     "joi-browser": "^13.0.1",
     "joi-multiaddr": "^2.0.0",
-    "libp2p": "~0.19.2",
-    "libp2p-circuit": "~0.1.5",
-    "libp2p-floodsub": "~0.14.1",
-    "libp2p-kad-dht": "~0.9.0",
+    "libp2p": "^0.20.2",
+    "libp2p-circuit": "^0.2.0",
+    "libp2p-floodsub": "~0.15.0",
+    "libp2p-kad-dht": "~0.10.0",
     "libp2p-keychain": "~0.3.1",
-    "libp2p-mdns": "~0.9.2",
-    "libp2p-mplex": "^0.6.0",
-    "libp2p-railing": "~0.7.1",
-    "libp2p-secio": "~0.9.4",
-    "libp2p-tcp": "~0.11.6",
-    "libp2p-webrtc-star": "~0.13.4",
-    "libp2p-websocket-star": "~0.7.7",
-    "libp2p-websockets": "~0.10.5",
+    "libp2p-mdns": "~0.11.0",
+    "libp2p-mplex": "^0.7.0",
+    "libp2p-railing": "~0.8.0",
+    "libp2p-secio": "~0.10.0",
+    "libp2p-tcp": "^0.12.0",
+    "libp2p-webrtc-star": "0.14.0",
+    "libp2p-websocket-star": "^0.8.0",
+    "libp2p-websockets": "^0.11.0",
     "lodash.flatmap": "^4.5.0",
     "lodash.get": "^4.4.2",
     "lodash.sortby": "^4.7.0",
     "lodash.values": "^4.3.0",
-    "mafmt": "^4.0.0",
+    "mafmt": "^6.0.0",
     "mime-types": "^2.1.18",
     "mkdirp": "~0.5.1",
-    "multiaddr": "^3.1.0",
+    "multiaddr": "^4.0.0",
     "multihashes": "~0.4.13",
     "once": "^1.4.0",
     "path-exists": "^3.0.0",
-    "peer-book": "~0.5.4",
-    "peer-id": "~0.10.6",
-    "peer-info": "~0.11.6",
+    "peer-book": "~0.7.0",
+    "peer-id": "~0.10.7",
+    "peer-info": "~0.14.1",
     "progress": "^2.0.0",
     "promisify-es6": "^1.0.3",
     "pull-abortable": "^4.1.1",
diff --git a/src/core/components/object.js b/src/core/components/object.js
index 0677eeccc4..5e8be00e4a 100644
--- a/src/core/components/object.js
+++ b/src/core/components/object.js
@@ -280,8 +280,7 @@ module.exports = function object (self) {
 
       rmLink (multihash, linkRef, options, callback) {
         editAndSave((node, cb) => {
-          if (linkRef.constructor &&
-              linkRef.constructor.name === 'DAGLink') {
+          if (DAGLink.isDAGLink(linkRef)) {
             linkRef = linkRef._name
           }
           DAGNode.rmLink(node, linkRef, cb)