diff --git a/examples/using-javascript-transforms/package.json b/examples/using-javascript-transforms/package.json
index 0287de9bb53fb..a6c294b63cdcb 100644
--- a/examples/using-javascript-transforms/package.json
+++ b/examples/using-javascript-transforms/package.json
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
     "gatsby-remark-prismjs": "^3.0.0",
     "gatsby-source-filesystem": "^2.0.1",
     "gatsby-transformer-javascript-frontmatter": "^2.0.0",
-    "gatsby-transformer-remark": "^2.1.1",
+    "gatsby-transformer-remark": "^5.25.1",
     "moment": "^2.14.1",
     "node-sass": "^4.9.0",
     "normalize.css": "^7.0.0",