diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index e6d73b29..1984bf3f 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -51,8 +51,8 @@
     "go-ipfs-dep": "~0.4.18",
     "hat": "0.0.3",
     "ipfs": "~0.33.0",
-    "ipfs-api": "^26.1.2",
     "ipfs-unixfs": "~0.1.16",
+    "ipfs-http-client": "^27.0.0",
     "ipfsd-ctl": "~0.40.0",
     "left-pad": "^1.3.0",
     "libp2p-websocket-star-rendezvous": "~0.2.4",
diff --git a/test/files.js b/test/files.js
index efee4c6b..2abcd869 100644
--- a/test/files.js
+++ b/test/files.js
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ function checkNodeTypes (daemon, file) {
       expect(node.links.length).to.equal(2)
 
       return Promise.all(
-        node.links.map(link => daemon.api.object.get(link.toJSON().multihash).then(child => {
+        node.links.map(link => daemon.api.object.get(link.toJSON().cid).then(child => {
           const childMeta = UnixFs.unmarshal(child.data)
 
           expect(childMeta.type).to.equal('raw')
@@ -196,7 +196,7 @@ describe('files', function () {
 
   describe('has the same hashes for', () => {
     const testHashesAreEqual = (daemon, data, options) => {
-      return daemon.api.files.add(data, options)
+      return daemon.api.add(data, options)
         .then(files => files[0].hash)
     }
 
diff --git a/test/utils/circuit.js b/test/utils/circuit.js
index 36e1352c..6ec50832 100644
--- a/test/utils/circuit.js
+++ b/test/utils/circuit.js
@@ -98,8 +98,8 @@ exports.createGoNode = (addrs, callback) => {
 const data = crypto.randomBytes(128)
 exports.send = (nodeA, nodeB, callback) => {
   waterfall([
-    (cb) => nodeA.files.add(data, cb),
-    (res, cb) => nodeB.files.cat(res[0].hash, cb),
+    (cb) => nodeA.add(data, cb),
+    (res, cb) => nodeB.cat(res[0].hash, cb),
     (buffer, cb) => {
       expect(buffer).to.deep.equal(data)
       cb()