diff --git a/.github/workflows/local_gateway.yml b/.github/workflows/local_gateway.yml
index eb1dee9..ac4e463 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/local_gateway.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/local_gateway.yml
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ jobs:
       max-parallel: 4
       matrix:
         python-version: ["3.8", "3.9", "3.10"]
-        ipfs-version: ["0.27.0"]  # this is the latest IPFS version supporting /api/v0, see issue #28
+        ipfs-version: ["0.37.0"]
     steps:
     - uses: actions/checkout@v1
     - name: Set up Python ${{ matrix.python-version }}