diff --git a/.circleci/config.yml b/.circleci/config.yml
index 8891a342da80..faeecdcc9983 100644
--- a/.circleci/config.yml
+++ b/.circleci/config.yml
@@ -204,7 +204,7 @@ jobs:
           command: |
             npm init -y
             npm install ipfs@^0.52.2
-            npm install ipfs-interop@^4.0.0
+            npm install ipfs/interop#fix/go-ipfs-automatic-sharding
             npm install mocha-circleci-reporter@0.0.3
           working_directory: ~/ipfs/go-ipfs/interop
       - run: