diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 5fb97aa240..3a7bdcd591 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@
     "hapi-set-header": "^1.0.2",
     "hoek": "^5.0.3",
     "human-to-milliseconds": "^1.0.0",
-    "interface-datastore": "~0.4.2",
+    "interface-datastore": "~0.5.0",
     "ipfs-api": "^24.0.0",
     "ipfs-bitswap": "~0.20.3",
     "ipfs-block": "~0.7.1",
@@ -112,13 +112,13 @@
     "ipfs-http-response": "~0.1.2",
     "ipfs-mfs": "~0.3.0",
     "ipfs-multipart": "~0.1.0",
-    "ipfs-repo": "~0.23.1",
+    "ipfs-repo": "~0.24.0",
     "ipfs-unixfs": "~0.1.15",
     "ipfs-unixfs-engine": "~0.32.3",
     "ipld": "~0.17.3",
     "ipld-dag-cbor": "~0.12.1",
     "ipld-dag-pb": "~0.14.6",
-    "ipns": "~0.1.3",
+    "ipns": "~0.2.0",
     "is-ipfs": "~0.4.2",
     "is-pull-stream": "~0.0.0",
     "is-stream": "^1.1.0",
diff --git a/src/core/ipns/publisher.js b/src/core/ipns/publisher.js
index c848ef3227..cd726ebc7d 100644
--- a/src/core/ipns/publisher.js
+++ b/src/core/ipns/publisher.js
@@ -191,7 +191,7 @@ class IpnsPublisher {
       let result
 
       if (err) {
-        if (!err.notFound) {
+        if (err.code !== 'ERR_NOT_FOUND') {
           const errMsg = `unexpected error getting the ipns record ${peerId.id} from datastore`
 
           log.error(errMsg)