diff --git a/examples/recipe-sourcing-contentful/package.json b/examples/recipe-sourcing-contentful/package.json
index 4cfc190506594..19bc3597a897c 100644
--- a/examples/recipe-sourcing-contentful/package.json
+++ b/examples/recipe-sourcing-contentful/package.json
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
     "gatsby": "^2.15.14",
     "gatsby-image": "^2.2.18",
     "gatsby-plugin-offline": "^2.2.10",
-    "gatsby-source-contentful": "^2.1.35",
+    "gatsby-source-contentful": "^7.18.0",
     "gatsby-transformer-remark": "^2.6.22",
     "prop-types": "^15.7.2",
     "react": "^16.9.0",