diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 313a576..cbddebf 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -19,5 +19,5 @@ require (
 	github.com/sirupsen/logrus v1.8.1
 	github.com/spf13/cobra v1.4.0
 	github.com/spf13/viper v1.11.0
-	github.com/vulcanize/ipfs-ethdb/v3 v3.0.1
+	github.com/vulcanize/ipfs-ethdb/v4 v4.0.0-alpha
 )
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index b531281..ad45583 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -1610,8 +1610,8 @@ github.com/valyala/fasttemplate v1.0.1/go.mod h1:UQGH1tvbgY+Nz5t2n7tXsz52dQxojPU
 github.com/valyala/fasttemplate v1.2.1/go.mod h1:KHLXt3tVN2HBp8eijSv/kGJopbvo7S+qRAEEKiv+SiQ=
 github.com/viant/assertly v0.4.8/go.mod h1:aGifi++jvCrUaklKEKT0BU95igDNaqkvz+49uaYMPRU=
 github.com/viant/toolbox v0.24.0/go.mod h1:OxMCG57V0PXuIP2HNQrtJf2CjqdmbrOx5EkMILuUhzM=
-github.com/vulcanize/ipfs-ethdb/v3 v3.0.1 h1:gm+6SgxcNOCz6mgwvhsxORLXsr9yIFvbJDuoAK85ONs=
-github.com/vulcanize/ipfs-ethdb/v3 v3.0.1/go.mod h1:SPBTTl5CqRexYfkI66pbzE5nQziYpoQ+7hH0XveA9IU=
+github.com/vulcanize/ipfs-ethdb/v4 v4.0.0-alpha h1:XaltpDMGFqcEe+tsYTmqICeFhR+jTHHzc85YTVigEdE=
+github.com/vulcanize/ipfs-ethdb/v4 v4.0.0-alpha/go.mod h1:sSTqwalaV7CiXq83YkMJpZetoSxgcdzr0AG0NnuaGMM=
 github.com/wangjia184/sortedset v0.0.0-20160527075905-f5d03557ba30/go.mod h1:YkocrP2K2tcw938x9gCOmT5G5eCD6jsTz0SZuyAqwIE=
 github.com/warpfork/go-testmark v0.3.0 h1:Q81c4u7hT+BR5kNfNQhEF0VT2pmL7+Kk0wD+ORYl7iA=
 github.com/warpfork/go-testmark v0.3.0/go.mod h1:jhEf8FVxd+F17juRubpmut64NEG6I2rgkUhlcqqXwE0=
diff --git a/pkg/validator.go b/pkg/validator.go
index 9b2bbf3..3f6c72e 100644
--- a/pkg/validator.go
+++ b/pkg/validator.go
@@ -28,8 +28,8 @@ import (
 	"github.com/jmoiron/sqlx"
 	"github.com/mailgun/groupcache/v2"
 
-	ipfsethdb "github.com/vulcanize/ipfs-ethdb/v3"
-	pgipfsethdb "github.com/vulcanize/ipfs-ethdb/v3/postgres"
+	ipfsethdb "github.com/vulcanize/ipfs-ethdb/v4"
+	pgipfsethdb "github.com/vulcanize/ipfs-ethdb/v4/postgres"
 )
 
 // Validator is used for validating Ethereum state and storage tries on PG-IPFS
diff --git a/pkg/validator_test.go b/pkg/validator_test.go
index e6da645..def0221 100644
--- a/pkg/validator_test.go
+++ b/pkg/validator_test.go
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ import (
 	. "github.com/onsi/gomega"
 
 	validator "github.com/vulcanize/eth-ipfs-state-validator/v3/pkg"
-	pgipfsethdb "github.com/vulcanize/ipfs-ethdb/v3/postgres"
+	pgipfsethdb "github.com/vulcanize/ipfs-ethdb/v4/postgres"
 )
 
 var (